What is dialectical/historical materialism?
I understand this as Hegel saying the equivalent of "stuff happens to compound the effect of whatever it is that is affecting you as a society either in a good or bad way, I dunno, history will tell".
Marx used Hegel saying this to support his argument that eventually, we will *progress* to a workers' paradise if you implement my ideas.
Neocon neoliberal Francis Fukuyama said that if everyone in the world uses liberal democracy, the world would *progress* towards the end of history when all nations of the world will reach an earthly heaven of liberal democrats.
But liberal democracy failed on 3/11/2020.
Communism and Liberalism come under the category of progressivism.
Proponents of sharia would be anti-progressive in that they believe following God's laws alone and not presuming to *progress* towards anywhere in particular except to keep God's laws would get them closer to heaven on earth.
How are we to judge the soundness of these different arguments?
Hegel and Marx > God?
God > Hegel and Marx?
Hegel > Marx?
Marx > Hegel?
Neonconservatism/Neoliberalism > Nationalism?
Nationalism > Neonconservatism/Neoliberalism?
God > Nationalism?
Nationalism > God?
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