The DJ of course made a proud boast of his ignorance. We do in Britain, we hate clever.
This is what it means:
Marx thought the monogamous relationship and the family were just ways of perpetuating the class system. Capital flows to the heir, the rich stay rich and the class system wins.
Communal living and free love were much preferred.
Romantic old devil wasn't he?
It seems a bit silly but the Victorian family was a pretty easy thing to dislike. The hypocrisy of men enjoying the female servants, the clear subordination of women and the shoving of children up chimneys.
Much easier to fault that than our current view of cuddles (say, that of Kendal and Briers in The Good Life).
Marx also disliked things which made poor people a bit happier and distracted them from their condition. This prevented revolution. Snogging and football (religion famously) keep you off the baracades.
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