And although it posits interesting questions regarding modern western materialism, it really says nothing about any form of government, communistic or otherwise. "The West," in my opinion, covers quite a range of government types, some more disgusting than others to be sure, but not all the same.
And "materialism" covers a lot of ground, too. A lot of people confuse "materialism" in science with "materialsim" in the sense of mindless consumerism, say, or hedonism. I expect that you're not doing that.
objectivity(reality) requires no value judgements---
how you think things should be is normative science(ideology)!