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===Triviality===

Neven Sesardic agrees that the economic base of society affects its superstructure, however he questions how meaningful this actually is. While the original claim of a strong form of economic determinism was radical, Sesardic argues that it was watered down to the trivial claim that the base affects the superstructure and vice versa, something no philosopher would dispute[CITATION NEEDED]. Thus Sesardic argues that Marx's claim ultimately amounts to nothing more than a trivial observation that does not make meaningful statements or explain anything about the real world.<ref>{{cite book|author-last=Sesardić |author-first=Neven |title=Marxian Utopia |date=1985 |publisher=Centre for Research into Communist Economies |isbn=0948027010 |pages=14–15}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author-last=Blanshard |author-first=Brand |title=Reflections on economic determinism |journal=The Journal of Philosophy |volume=63 |number=7 |date=1966 |pages=169–178}}</ref>{{rp|175–177}}

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