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[[[[Louis Althusser]]]] (1918-90) was a French [[Marxist]] philosopher who believed that capitalism controlled institutions such as education and the mass media to spread their beliefs across society,as well as the police and the military to repress rebellious workers. He believed free will was all an illusion and the capitalist elite controlled society like puppets.In 1980 he was convicted for the murder of his wife and was sentenced to a mental institution where he spent the rest of his days in. Another terrible example of [[professor values]]
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'''Louis Althusser''' (1918-90) was a [[France|French]] [[Marxist]] philosopher.
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Althusser believed that '''capitalism''' controlled institutions such as education and the [[lamestream media|mass media]] to spread its beliefs across society. In addition to criticizing this sort of ideological work, he saw the police and the military as working to repress rebellious workers.  
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Althusser believed that free will was an illusion and the capitalist elite controlled society like puppet masters.
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In 1980 he was convicted for the murder of his wife and was sentenced to a mental institution where he spent the rest of his days.  
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==See also==
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* [[Professor values]]
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