Very likely, IMHO.
Marx was a "progressive" and Capitalism was considered progressive in his time. The trick is to get him to see how Capitalism could be good for most people in the long run. Marx can instead syncretize "Prussianism" (the philosophy of Hegel) and Liberalism creating a sort of proto-Social Democracy with a strong state.
Socialism/Communism would be less "intellectualized" and is seen (maybe rightfully) as crude class envy, and hence never penetrates the intelectual sphere.