99% of the time, Materialism means being driven by greed(material wealth), while idealism means being driven by moral principles(ideals). This set of definitions is NOT the one that philosophers used.

Marx and Engels discussed materialism and idealism in philosophy, which is a completely different thing. Even in philosophy, both terms are extremely vague and are not enough to mean anything on their own without pages upon pages of elaboration.

It's laughable how online leftists throw around these words without even knowing what they mean. No, calling something "idealist" is not a valid critique and saying "material conditions" instead of "reality" does not make your argument stronger. Read an actual book for once and never ever use those words again. Save them for serious writing of substance.

  • I_Voxgaard [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    as a philosophy major, if anyone is wondering, you can safely ignore this person's post.

    • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      As a STEM major with an English minor I have analyzed the chemical structure of this post and can safely say it is a rose by any other name, except instead of a rose you had a steaming pile of shit.

    • VoiceOfChina [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      oh no, not the philosophy major coming in with the immortal sciences of bourgeois academia!

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        "materialism" and "idealism" are used as big words to make things sound smarter than they are

        everything I don't like is bourgeois

        lol

        • VoiceOfChina [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          “materialism” and “idealism” are used as big words to make things sound smarter than they are

          I literally said when they are used out of context.

          everything I don’t like is bourgeois

          Capitalist society => Bourgeois education, are you going to dispute that?