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Old 07-14-2007, 08:15 AM   #11
DanaC
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Originally Posted by DanaC
Marx was not a communist.

That was a fun fantasy novel then.
No, it was a political treatise. He was a political/economic philosopher. Are you suggesting philosophers only ever write about what they personally intend to achieve/fight for?


Your description of how communism/socialism works is too simplistic. It does not take into account exploitation by an employer-class, of an employee-class. That is what socialism seeks to redress. It's not about someone being terribly hard working and all those people who aren't as hard working or inventive, wanting to take away the fruits of his hard work.
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