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To: Louis Foxwell

Did you get the 2 top names reversed?

I wouldn’t consider Obama Patriotic, but Marxist would be consistent.

Lincoln, generally accepted as a Patriot, though might be argued regarding state’s rights.

The Communist Manifesto booklet by Marx was written in 1848 and Das Kapital in 1867, Vol II III published by Engels posthumously in 1885 and 1894, respectfully.


102 posted on 04/06/2019 11:47:02 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Cvengr; Louis Foxwell

Apparently Louis isn’t familiar with Karl Marx’s enthusiasm for Abe Lincoln and the Radical Republicans.

Marx closely followed the American Civil War as a correspondent for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune. And as the secretary for the First International he drafted their letter of support to Lincoln.

Marxists, including the original one, saw Lincoln as being ‘on the right side of history’ unlike the hated reactionaries of the Old South. A number of Marx’s exiled ‘48er comrades were involved in the founding of the Republican Party and even held government and army positions.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2012/08/lincoln-and-marx


124 posted on 04/06/2019 3:39:05 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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