[Marxism] Hegel : 'hopeless baggage'?

[Charlie]

Mark Lause rejected the claim:
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"that Marxism can, in some serious alchemical way, be a predictive science."
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* Class struggle is inevitable under capitalism, no matter what reforms 
are achieved.

* Cycles of downturn and recovery are inherent in capitalist accumulation.

These are not predictions? They are serious although they do fall short 
of being alchemical. :)