Dialectical materialism is, at bottom, a philosophy of science; a set of metaphysical and epistemological claims and concepts that are treated as given and to be used as starting points for further analysis. Learning a brand new way of thinking about knowledge itself is extremely hard, and within that realm dialectical materialism is fairly complex compared to, say, positivism. As such, most people either don't try, or hit a weird half-way point where they kind of get it but not really.
>>2608307Why are people so eager to shut down discussion on a site that's dedicated to it?