the rampant misunderstandings of marx can largely be attributed to the common impoverished conception of normativity. marx as applied ethicist is a poor etiolated thing and easily dismissible. many pollute their thinking by imposing a public/private dichotomy as prerequisite for normative validity

i also think this comes from people simply not reading in general and being historically uninformed. the most common objections to marx are actually objections to to pre-marxist radicals and even liberals! even self-proclaimed marxists are often unknowingly just john stuart mill fans