As a delusional member of the pro battery community. I happened to look up David Edgerton. Sam Bowman's opening statistical critique was bang on. My disagreement with Marx has always been is that there is no real detailing of the actual revolution, What the role of the military is and what to do about things like currency. You know the practical things. From your articles you seem to have a fairly anti colonial, anti racist, bent. The practicalities of reality seem to escape you just like marx. 7 children, neglected wife and a workers revolution.....Interesting. Quality of life is growth. A balanced existence within ecosystems is growth.