[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Quite a statement for Marx to make...that evolution was the basis for his theory...only for prestige. I guess you are a Freudian too and can guess his motives rather than believe that his words might come from a sincere compliment to a like-minded thinker?"

It's a fact. Marx doesn't mention Darwin in his books. Darwin WASN'T a like-minded thinker. And you have provided ZERO evidence he was, or that natural selection and descent with modification has any connection with Marxism.

[Siena Dreaming]

You say, "Darwin WASN'T a like-minded thinker" and yet here is the quote from Marx himself on Darwin's work:

"Although it is developed in the crude English style, this is a book which contains the BASIS of natural history for our views." Karl Marx

You can opine all day about his motives but those are the words of Marx himself speaking of the connection between Marxism and Evolution.

You will go on to deny that there are no links even though people on this forum have pointed them out including the ideas behind the theories.

I find the quote fascinating. Marx considereed his theories an evolution in the world of capital which paralleled evolutionary theories in the natural world, thus the accolades for Darwin, a like-minded thinker.