Karl Marx - BBC Radio 4 In Our Time's Greatest Philosopher (Part 1 of 5)

Marx developed the theories upon which modern communism is based and is considered the founding father of economic history and sociology.

Marx set down his ideas in The Communist Manifesto(1848) and Das Kapital ((3 vol., 1861, 1885, 1894) arguing that economic relations determined all other features of a society, including its ideas.

He also outlined the goal of Marxism - the creation of social and economic utopia by the revolution of the proletariat which would "centralise all instruments of production in the hands of the state."

All class boundaries would be destroyed and each individual would find personal fulfilment, having no need for the bourgeois institutions of religion or family. Marx himself was an atheist, coining the phrase, "Religion is the opium of the people"

Marx continued to express views about class struggle and bourgeois oppression throughout his life, despite being exiled from his homeland and coping with both his own illness and the death of his children.

Most modern socialist theories are drawn from his work but Karl Marx has had a wider influence touching on many areas of human thought and life such as politics, economics, philosophy, and literature.

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[zardasht9900]

The good thing is that, Islamic nations don't give shit about these PIGS and their evil minds and bogus IDEAS.LOL It was the Europeans and the Soviet pigs and their German ground hocks that were brain washed by these germs.Islamic Nations, do not allow these Leninism and other shitism to rule their minds.lol

[zardasht9900]

Soviet LENIN himself was a leader of godless communist PIGS.He was the leader of terrorists who terrorized Russian C-ZAR's gvt and people.Lenin was the leader of Russian workers, not other workers.His fake ideas have fucked up Russia by stealing from their own people.I guess Russian people didn't have the courage to fight against MICE LOOKING LENIN.LOL Those PIGS who ruled in Russia along with these stupid so called PHILOSOPHERS, misled their own PPL for generations.

[zardasht9900]

He wasn't the philosopher of the world.There are more people who are&were more smarter then these NAZI shit heads or Communist PIGS.

[RedZHunter]

@ProletarianTakeover Don't forget sexism and feminism, they're the new scourges of Earth.

[Asianboy7ful]

Awesome idea: why don't we just go back to king and queens?

[wgwagg17]

@daniel32608 You are not *completely* Christian. Just the other day you told me how you admire Muslim terrorists. So you're at least a little bit tempted to join them. Why don't you? Then you can finally vent your rage against the hated Jews, just as you've always longed to do. 

[radroatch]

Should be Chomsky

[AgowTisro]

@daniel32608 Anyone who contends to call himself an intellectual usually represents the opposite side.

I think we have here a fine example.

[daniel32608]

@ProletarianTakeover Every intellectual person is an Atheist? I DONT THINK SO! Take me for example, i am completely Christian! Don't dribble lies proletarianABOMINATION. Communism IS a Jewish thing. It is basically Judaism as a political ideology, how can you not see that? Why are you so blinded by the lies? Oh i know, you are being BRAINWASHED by Jewish conspiracies to believe that Jews had no role in evil communism. Cmon.....

[daniel32608]

@ProletarianTakeover Keep denying the truth "proletariantakeover" but i know that deep down you are afraid of the WRATH of God and you are afraid of your sins bring you to an eternity of torment. Don't nag at me because of your own spiritual and religious troubles... you are in serious need of the Christian religion to liberate and FREE your soul from the evil of the DEVIL/Karl Marx.