[stfassisi]

Exactly how is my materialism, which I acquire in a free market environment without looting, mooching or taking at gunpoint, by the sweat of my own labor and thoughts as 'evil as Marxism'?

Perhaps you might not want to call it materialism and call it personal needs that you enjoy for starts.

We are talking apples and oranges when we think of Rand's materialism and things we gain that do not go beyond greed,dear friend

I assume you know the difference?

[cowboyway]

Perhaps you might not want to call it materialism

Call it what you wish but defend your statement that my quest for 'personal needs that I enjoy' (materialism) is as 'evil as marxism'.

and things we gain that do not go beyond greed,

Pleae provide your definition of 'greed'.