The Synthesis

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Like many theorems, ideas and beliefs, Dialectical Materialism was not the epiphany of a single mind. Karl Marx was merely the genius who realized that the two concepts could be conjoined to explain the cycle of past, present and remarkably even future economic systems. Karl Marx was a very perceptive economist who concentrated on capitalism and its opportunity costs. The “Father of Socialism” combined Hegel’s, Smith’s and Malthus’ previous hypothesis to form a new constant that’s been established true, Dialectical Materialism.
To fully comprehend the term Dialectic Materialism, one must analyze the phrase independently. Dialectics were the Greek followers of a philosopher by the name of Hegel. He established that there would always be a fluctuation between the forces of the universe. More directly, this applies to the cycle of any economy and states that it would continuously go through periods of recession and depression. Moreover, after a period of ying and yang, next would follow a new stage, a synthesis of the thesis and antithesis. Marx had a way to visually represent this with his world renowned Historical Dialectic which compares societal evolution with economic progression and development over time.
The rest of the idiom is the conclusion put forth by Adam Smith and John Malthus. They determined, “Economics is the foundation of society.” Essentially, family structures, political systems and religious inst...

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