It's the ideas. Dialectical materialism, by reframing ideas, beliefs, and even morals as mere superstructure to material power relations removes the possibility of serious objection to revolutionary violence.
The whole Hegelian mindset where the individual only gains reality by participation in the universal is prone to this stuff. By flipping Hegel on his head and replacing geist with materialism, Marx still failed to remove the moral heteronomy inherent in the framework.
I should make it clear that I don't agree with Marx's world view at all. I believe that God made people and each person has inherent value, so I view a Marxian world view as amoral at best. OTOH, if such a view of humanity is inherently immoral, then maybe it would accurate to describe a Marxian world view as "evil." I tend to think of "evil" as implying intent to harm.
It's the ideas. Dialectical materialism, by reframing ideas, beliefs, and even morals as mere superstructure to material power relations removes the possibility of serious objection to revolutionary violence.
The whole Hegelian mindset where the individual only gains reality by participation in the universal is prone to this stuff. By flipping Hegel on his head and replacing geist with materialism, Marx still failed to remove the moral heteronomy inherent in the framework.
I should make it clear that I don't agree with Marx's world view at all. I believe that God made people and each person has inherent value, so I view a Marxian world view as amoral at best. OTOH, if such a view of humanity is inherently immoral, then maybe it would accurate to describe a Marxian world view as "evil." I tend to think of "evil" as implying intent to harm.