Complex sentence: Despite this, Gramsci resigned himself to the existence of this arguably cruder form of Marxism: the proletariat's status as a dependent class meant that Marxism, as its philosophy, could often only be expressed in the form of popular superstition and common sense.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite this, Gramsci resigned himself to the existence of this arguably cruder form of Marxism. Maxism was a philosophy for the proletariat, a dependent class, and thus could often only be expressed in the form of popular superstition and common sense.