Marx

[ mahrks; German mahrks ]

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Karl (Hein·rich) [kahrl , hahyn, -rik, kah, r, l , hahyn, -, r, i, kh], 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.

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MarxKarl18181883MGermanPOLITICS: communistPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Karl (karl). 1818–83, German founder of modern communism, in England from 1849. With Engels, he wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848). He developed his theories of the class struggle and the economics of capitalism in Das Kapital (1867; 1885; 1895). He was one of the founders of the International Workingmen's Association (First International) (1864)

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�� I discovered is that while religion may not be the opiate of the masses, as Karl Marx famously wrote, this app is a sedative to dull the consciences of MAGA.

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The international class struggle predicted by Karl Marx directly contradicted the Nazis' racial-nationalist and decidedly anti-egalitarian weltanschauung, which championed welfare only for healthy, virtuous and "useful" members of the master race.

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He influenced Karl Marx, and he also influenced very capitalist thinkers.

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Shirley Temple was a neighbor, and Harpo Marx was a friend, as was George Gershwin, who was also his tennis partner.

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He assigned his student a scholarly monograph, “Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society,” to begin his long education in how leftists think.

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