Anyone who criticizes Marx without having first studied Marx should not be thought highly of. The degree to which you have studied something is roughly proportional to how much criticism you can reasonably heap on it.
I cannot launch an in-depth criticism of, say, Finnish politics because I have not studied Finnish politics in any detail.
I can give a limited criticism of Robert Greene, because I have studied a selection of his writings.
I cannot launch an in-depth criticism of, say, Finnish politics because I have not studied Finnish politics in any detail.
I can give a limited criticism of Robert Greene, because I have studied a selection of his writings.