I actually just read the entire Communist Manifesto a week ago for a paper.

Was it torture or were you able to enjoy it for what it's worth? :)

I read it in high school for fun, Marx intrigues me but flaws in theory don't. It's an interesting read and sometimes beautifully written (a spectre is haunting europe....) but that's about where it ends.

I thought it was pretty interesting. I agree though...his theories were pretty out there. Doing away with inheritance is definitely not frat.

........although that was a very small part of the work as a whole.

Agreed.

There are flaws in every theory. Marxist conflict theory and theory of capitalism is criticized for a few things, including ignoring the roles or gender and race and predicting a worker revolt against capitalism that never quite happened. But that hasn't stopped Marxist conflict theory from being one of the main conflict theories discussed and his perspective on capitalism from still being used in class analysis, as well as Neo-Marxian and Marxist feminist theories. I know of a few theorists who are taking Marx to a whole new level and applying it to the 21st century. Kind of cool. :)

I think it's cool he got paid to write. He makes some good points, and some bad ones, just like everyone else.

I didn't start this thread......what is going on here? Seriously.

Someone could sign on as you if they have your password. Better change it.

I've read some Lennon. When did Marx get replaced by McCartney?

Noone has my password........I think me and DSTCHAOS and ElephantWalk got on a discussion of Marx in the RM forum and someone transfered it here and made a new thread. I don'tknow why.

I don't think that has ever happened here on GC. I dunno it sounds like your UN may have been jacked.

An entire thread? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Because that person is an idiot.

Someone could've hijacked his UN, not a thread.

No, the first 5 posts of this thread came from another thread.

Goodness......no one stole my username or jacked my password. The first 5posts of this thread were at the very end of the Johns Hopkins Halloween Party thread in the RM forum....the thread is now closed......and those last 5 posts were transfered into this forum and posted as a new thread.

Nevermind, I overlooked macallan's last post.

Yeah well since we have our own thread, let's see if we can make this thread "exciting" enough to get closed, too.

I shall cut thee who sayeth Marx is a commi bastard!!!!!

I don't think that would be too difficult.....you know me.

It's a free for all.

I'm going to laugh when a moderator shuts this down for not being "on topic."

Irony at its finest? I'D LIKE TO THINK SO.

what is melted whiskey?

It's a lyric to a song by Widespread Panic. "In the easy chair with my boots on....melted whiskey in my hand...couldn't have been asleep for more than three hours....time to go to work again."

Melted whiskey refers to a glass of whiskey with just ice.....the ice having melted into the whiskey.

Hahahahah, am I taking freaking crazy pills here.....or did you retarded moderators actually edit this "thread"????????/

LOL. Like anyone asked for a Marx thread in the first place. The thread was created for you so it's your thread to do as you please. :rolleyes: :p

Quick, type something offensive about Marx so we can argue.

MArx was racist.

"UP YOURS, PRIVILEGED HIPPIE" for typing the R word! Now say sumfin else!

Moreso he didn't really "see" race--or gender that much, for that matter.

OMG RACE CARD YOU F-ING F-ER

Also WTF is up with this thread? SO. RETARDED.

There's SO MUCH offensive about your post. :)