I’ve always believed that Karl Marx’s analysis of society was spot on. His expectations for the future, on the other hand, never cut the mustard. As to those societies that called themselves communist, none made any serious attempt to create the kind of state that he envisioned. They used his ideas to grab power, but I don’t think he can be blamed for that.
Anyway, here we have the Communist Manifesto, with surprisingly apt illustrations from one of America’s greatest art forms, one which is a more entertaining mass opiate than religion. The narrator could use a bit of enlivening however.
My son sent me the link to this, so the credit (I’ll accept any blame anyone wants to heap) goes to him.
Tomorrow I will presumably awake from my holiday somnolence and get back to politics.
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