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Newsweek

2007-03-12T03:34:22Z

Uberllama42:

'''Newsweek''' is a weekly newsmagazine, started in 1933. It is perhaps most famous for its now-debunked article about an incident at [[Guantanamo Bay]] in which a [[Koran]] was allegedly flushed down the toilet. The story was eventually proved false, and Newsweek was harshly criticized for it.

The criticism stemmed from the fact that Newsweek enjoys a nationwide audience and some degree of respect as a member of the newsmedia, and as such is expected to maintain a certain level of factual accuracy. The laughable assertion above, as well as the deficient grammar, has escaped such criticism because this site is flagrantly biased and has practically no audience. As this edit, for instance, only 14 people have viewed this article. As a result there is no effective mechanism for correction. This lack defeats the purpose of a wiki, but serves the ideological goals of the site's creator quite well.

Karl Marx

2007-03-12T02:58:41Z

Uberllama42: edit for cleanliness

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German economist who codified communist theory in his book "The Communist Manifesto" (1848), which he co-authored with his associate Fredriech Engels. The book declared, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class [economic] struggles." Marx also popularized the motto of communism : "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." Communism prohibits a full right of private property and in its place attempts to force people to be equal in wealth.

Marx predicted that the proletariat (working class) would overthrow the wealthy in a capitalistic society, and then establish a new system that would be socialism in its early stage and pure communism in its later stage. Socialism differs from communism in that socialism does not require full equality in result and does not deny all private property. The motto of socialism, in contrast to the motto of communism above, is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." But socialism was considered by Marx to be an early stage of communism.

Marx was born in Prussia, educated in Germany, and a writer in London. His most famous work in the field of economics was "Das Kapital" ("Capital"), in which he declared economics to be the guiding force of history and that owners pay workers just enough for them to support their families. The value of the goods produced by workers is much more than the wages paid, and this "surplus value" is literally stolen from workers by owners. Owners took this surplus value and perpetuated this unfair system by investing it into more machines and consumption by the wealthy. Inevitably, class struggle by the poor against the rich, and the poor would violently overthrow the rich and end capitalism.

Marx drew heavily on the ideas of the German philosopher [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]] and collaborated closely with another German philosopher, [[Friedrich Engels]].

Marx is considered very controversial in religious circles for his view that, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." This is generally used as an expression of atheism.

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Americas

2007-03-11T01:29:16Z

Uberllama42: editing for spelling and grammar

[[Image:North_america.jpg|thumb|right|200px|North America]]
A group of continents in the Western Hemisphere. They cover over 8.3% of the Earth's total surface and constitute 28.4% of its total landmass. 14% of the human population lives in the Americas.

America was named after [[Amerigo Vespucci]]. The word "America" is often used to refer only to the United States of America, but this is inaccurate. America really includes the entire [[North America|North American]] continent, the entire [[South America|South American]] continent, and the strip of land between them known as [[Central America]].

[[Image:South_america.jpg|thumb|left|400px|South America]]