It is very humbling (and equally depressing) to understand that the trailblazers and martyrs of their time have been fighting and dying for this truth for over a century and a half and things are still the way they are; and yet I find myself feeling things will come to a head this decade or the next. Imagine if it does. Happy birthday and rest in peace, Karl. The wheel of time is in motion and it will vindicate us all.

Historical materialism wouldve been developed regardless but damn did he accelerate the development of this theory by decades.