The left needs a new and broader set of perspectives beyond the dated positivistic perspective that marx adopted in the name of scientific socialism, which ended up in pseudo-science, while the so-called ‘idealists’ were able to posit a more humanistic socialism that could appreciate the realm of values.
The debate over materialism and idealism is/was a waste of time and an argument noone can win…
Source: The eonic model beyond materialism/idealism – Darwiniana