Marx wasn’t more wrong than any other political activist, but made a better analysys of society than 95% of the others. How a communist society would work well he didn’t say (and didn’t claim to know). As most US politicians call everything which the Scandinavian countries and Germany already have “Socialism”, these politicians clearly admit (although unwillingly) that Socialism works very well if implemented correctly (however, these countries think they have implemented a social market economy and tried to implemented the best from two worlds). And one thing is certainly true: autocrats and dictators don’t need Marx and his theories to be autocrats or dictators. There would be as many failed states as there are without Marx. They didn’t need him for 5000 years, and they don’t need him today.
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Marx was so wrong.
wirepunchr about 5 years ago
Venezuela is past socialism, it’s a dictatorship.
Scoutmaster77 about 5 years ago
Socialism? Nope, just a brutal repressive dictatorship drowning in corruption.
Spock about 5 years ago
Marx wasn’t more wrong than any other political activist, but made a better analysys of society than 95% of the others. How a communist society would work well he didn’t say (and didn’t claim to know). As most US politicians call everything which the Scandinavian countries and Germany already have “Socialism”, these politicians clearly admit (although unwillingly) that Socialism works very well if implemented correctly (however, these countries think they have implemented a social market economy and tried to implemented the best from two worlds). And one thing is certainly true: autocrats and dictators don’t need Marx and his theories to be autocrats or dictators. There would be as many failed states as there are without Marx. They didn’t need him for 5000 years, and they don’t need him today.
gammaguy about 5 years ago
After seeing what was being done “in his name”, Marx himself is reputed to have said, “I am no Marxist”.