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So it is really our material existence which has a history,
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and ideas reflect those material conditions."
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And then he's beginning to develop the theory of modes of production.
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He said, "Well, man can distinguish from animals in different ways.
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But most important is that we produce,
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that we change the environment in a purposeful manner.
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That we have an image how to change
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the physical environment for us.
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"And what actually matters is not simply what we produce--"
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and this is a very important idea--
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"But the mode of production, how we produce,
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how we engage each other.