Marx says we must change material conditions in order to change ideas - David Harvey

This is a clip from Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: How Capital Evolves, in which Prof. Harvey cites Karl Marx's argument that societal change comes not from simply debating ideas, but addressing the material conditions of lives and experiences that form people's ideas.

"We then fall for the fallacy of saying if we want to change the world we have to change people's ideas. Marx's point is you can't change people's ideas unless you exchange the experiences upon which those ideas are based." - David Harvey

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