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I agree with you. One possible way to rectify the meme is to change "determined by" to "adapting to" or something along those lines. I think that's what the meme is actually trying to say, but used the wrong words.
It uses the right words, the ones Marx did. Determined by, as in the environment is primary.
yeah, I think that was maybe my point, it would be a mistake to conclude "human nature is determined by material conditions" and better to say "human nature does not exist, instead human behavior is driven primarily by material conditions" - but I understand if for the sake of brevity a meme might not want to be so verbose