Full Idea
When Marx inverted Hegel's dialectic of history, by substituting matter for mind as the motive, he attributed to matter the essence of mind, an unceasing aspiration towards the best - which was in keeping with the general current of capitalist thought.
Gist of Idea
By saying the material dialectic of history aspires to the best, Marx agreed with capitalism
Source
comment on Karl Marx (works [1860]) by Simone Weil - Reflections on Liberty and Social Oppression p.43
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.43
A Reaction
[compressed] A rather nice debating point! Marx seems to share the universal nineteenth century belief in unremitting progress. Without that, it is impossible to believe that a revolution will necessarily improve anything.