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In recent decades there has been little interest in Marx among economists or historians, who nearly unanimously conclude his analysis was faulty, his ideology is non-functional, and his predictions were wrong,<ref>https://www.economist.com/node/1489165</ref> but there is more interest in Marx among critics of literature, especially in university English departments.  

In recent decades there has been little interest in Marx among economists or historians, who nearly unanimously conclude his analysis was faulty, his ideology is non-functional, and his predictions were wrong,<ref>https://www.economist.com/node/1489165</ref> but there is more interest in Marx among critics of literature, especially in university English departments.  

As Marxist ideology sees Christianity as an enemy, it is unofficially [[satanic]]. Please note that this means literally nothing to nobody, and is another example of Conservapedia being a biased, rarted website run by people who think Wikipedia is biased, ironically creating the most biased website of all time. This website is a mouth piece of the Republican Party, and is obviously biased, like seriously who names their site "Conservapedia" and actually thinks it's unbiased lmao kill yourself.

As Marxist ideology sees Christianity as an enemy, it is unofficially [[satanic]].

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

===Alienation===

===Alienation===

Marx's theory of alienation is often employed to criticize religious, political, racial and economic divisions. The basic idea is that people, but primarily workers, feel alienated from society, due mainly to the fact that though they produce everything in the capitalist society, they do not own the Means of Production, causing them to feel depressed or angry. This can be seen in higher suicide rates among the working class, and more violence in Urban areas. Alienation has also been used by other sociologists to analyze many different social phenomena, such as young people feeling alienated from society and turning to drugs to cope. The fact that it is a theory about individuals and their relation to society as a whole, and thus could easily be applied to society at large, makes it an important tool when used in sociology.

Marx's theory of alienation was often employed to criticize religious, political, and economic divisions. However, the fact that it was basically about individuals and could only with great difficulty be applied to society made it a misleading tool when used in sociology.

===Globalization===

===Globalization===

===Morality===

===Morality===

Karl Marx, owing to his adherence to dialectic views, did not believe in absolute morality, and in fact has even had various astonished authors of the Communist party purged for adhering to anything implying morality such as justice, love, humanity, and even morality itself, dismissing them as "soulful ravings" and "sloppy sentimentality".<ref>https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1068877898520633344</ref><ref>[http://www.austrianeconomics.org/sites/default/files/Freeman53-6_3.pdf Max Eastman, "The Religion of Immoralism", The Freeman, June 1, 1953, p. 623]<br />"The Communist's believe in man not as an independent power, but as a constituent part of the super humanly ordained movement of the universe. That dialectic movement is their God, and it is that God who exempts them from the laws of morality. The difference between Christianity and Communism is between a religion which teaches personal salvation through sympathy and loving-kindness and a religion which teaches social salvation through bringing the morals of war into the peacetime relations of men. Marx was so sure that the world was going to be redeemed by its own dialectic evolution that he would not permit his disciples to invoke the guidance of moral ideals. He really meant it when he said the workers have ‘no ideal to realize,’ they have only to participate in the contemporary struggle. He expelled people from his Communist Party for mentioning programmatically such things as ‘love,’ ‘justice,’ ‘humanity,’ even ‘morality’ itself. ‘Soulful ravings,’ ‘sloppy sentimentality,’ he called such expressions, and purged the astonished authors as though they had committed the most dastardly crimes.”"</ref><ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=Marx;id=uc1.c049728219;view=1up;seq=16;start=1;sz=10;page=search;num=8 Major speeches and debates of Senator Joe McCarthy delivered in the United States Senate, 1950-1951. Washington, Govt. Print. Off. <nowiki>[1952]</nowiki>; p. 8]<br /></ref>

Karl Marx, owing to his adherence to dialectic views, did not believe in absolute morality, and in fact has even had various astonished authors of the Communist party purged for adhering to anything implying morality such as justice, love, humanity, and even morality itself, dismissing them as "soulful ravings" and "sloppy sentimentality".<ref>https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1068877898520633344</ref><ref>[http://www.austrianeconomics.org/sites/default/files/Freeman53-6_3.pdf Max Eastman, "The Religion of Immoralism", The Freeman, June 1, 1953, p. 623]<br />"The Communist's believe in man not as an independent power, but as a constituent part of the super humanly ordained movement of the universe. That dialectic movement is their God, and it is that God who exempts them from the laws of morality. The difference between Christianity and Communism is between a religion which teaches personal salvation through sympathy and loving-kindness and a religion which teaches social salvation through bringing the morals of war into the peacetime relations of men. Marx was so sure that the world was going to be redeemed by its own dialectic evolution that he would not permit his disciples to invoke the guidance of moral ideals. He really meant it when he said the workers have ‘no ideal to realize,’ they have only to participate in the contemporary struggle. He expelled people from his Communist Party for mentioning programmatically such things as ‘love,’ ‘justice,’ ‘humanity,’ even ‘morality’ itself. ‘Soulful ravings,’ ‘sloppy sentimentality,’ he called such expressions, and purged the astonished authors as though they had committed the most dastardly crimes.”"</ref><ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=Marx;id=uc1.c049728219;view=1up;seq=16;start=1;sz=10;page=search;num=8 Major speeches and debates of Senator Joe McCarthy delivered in the United States Senate, 1950-1951. Washington, Govt. Print. Off. <nowiki>[1952]</nowiki>; p. 8]<br />"The great difference between our western Christian world and the atheistic communist world is not political, ladies and gentlemen, it is moral. There are other differences, of course, but those could be reconciled. For instance, the Marxian idea of confiscating the land and factories and running the entire economy as a single enterprise is momentous. Likewise, Lenin’s invention of the one-party police state as a way to make Marx’s idea work is hardly less momentous. Stalin’s resolute putting across of these two ideas, of course, did much to divide the world. With only those differences, however, the East and the West could most certainly still live in peace. The real, basic difference, however, lies in the religion of immoralism—invented by Marx, preached fervently by Lenin, and carried to unimaginable extremes by Stalin. This religion of immoralism, if the Red half of the world wins—and well it may—this religion of immoralism will more deeply wound and damage mankind than any conceivable economic or political system. Karl Marx dismissed God as a hoax, and Lenin and Stalin have added in clear-cut, unmistakable language their resolve that no nation, no people who believe in a God, can exist side by side with their communistic state. Karl Marx, for example, expelled people from his Communist Party for mentioning such things as justice, humanity, or morality. He called this soulful ravings and sloppy sentimentality. "</ref>

==Critique of Marxists==

==Critique of Marxists==

== Academy Marx versus Public Marx ==

== Academy Marx versus Public Marx ==

Marx in the academy and Marx in the public sphere are two different figures.  It is an axiom within the academy that Marx in the public sphere is a vulgar misappropriation; even Marx once commented, "I am not a Marxist", referring to the treatment of his theory amongst his own contemporaries; It should be noted, however, that there is no source listed for this, nor are there any sources for anything else listed in the following paragraphs. Also, this quote is taken out of Context. In conclusion, Conservapedia is run by morons, please take everything written on this site with a grain of salt. Thanks for listening to my TED talk

Marx in the academy and Marx in the public sphere are two different figures.  It is an axiom within the academy that Marx in the public sphere is a vulgar misappropriation; even Marx once commented, "I am not a Marxist", referring to the treatment of his theory amongst his own contemporaries; this largely displays, at least, the freedom of interpretation intrinsic within Marx and the volatility of his content.

This misappropriation is likely largely a result of Marx's own Communist Manifesto and its popularity within post-war socialist activism in the US.  The Communist Manifesto is only a drop in an ocean of Marx's work and theory, and not even the most relevant one.  The complexity of Marx's work has actually enabled some contemporary theorists to find his work as a support of capitalism, while others interpret it as a trenchant critique of capitalism; and in fact it is both.  Marx is actually very clear that capitalism is the most powerful mode of production available.  What is debated is whether resistance to capitalism is intrinsic to itself, and whether the entire world marches inevitably towards capitalism.

This misappropriation is likely largely a result of Marx's own Communist Manifesto and its popularity within post-war socialist activism in the US.  The Communist Manifesto is only a drop in an ocean of Marx's work and theory, and not even the most relevant one.  The complexity of Marx's work has actually enabled some contemporary theorists to find his work as a support of capitalism, while others interpret it as a trenchant critique of capitalism; and in fact it is both.  Marx is actually very clear that capitalism is the most powerful mode of production available.  What is debated is whether resistance to capitalism is intrinsic to itself, and whether the entire world marches inevitably towards capitalism.

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