Posted on 09/28/2015 1:18:46 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Karl Marx is 'back in fashion', key ally of Britain's Labour leader says
LONDON (Reuters) - The hard-left finance spokesman for Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that Karl Marx, co-author of "The Communist Manifesto", is back in fashion because his ideas offer a definitive way to analyse the capitalist foundations of the modern Western economy.
After winning Labour's top job by a landslide earlier this month, Jeremy Corbyn appointed John McDonnell - a former trade unionist who backs renationalising banks and imposing wealth taxes - as his finance minister-in-waiting.
"If you look at most of the institutions that are teaching economics today, Marx has come back in to fashion because people have gone back to his analysis of just the basics of how the system works," McDonnell told BBC radio.
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Using Karl Marx’s ideas to help the middle class is like using Adolf Hitler’s ideas to help the Jews.
But you middle class Marxists just love your Communism. :)
After Pope Francis’s recent visit, I think Karl Marx might want to take back his religion being the opiate of the masses comments. He would find in the current Vatican a close and valuable ally and comrade in arms.
England is going downhill at warp speed.
It’s all about Capitalism’s relatively minor shortcomings. No word about the disruptions and mass murder associated with Communism.
I’m waiting for Harpo Marx to come back in fashion...
On our side of the pond, he’s been alive and well for a very long time.
He’s never been out of fashion with government as god types.
Most people deserve the Hell they are voting for. Fools.
Capitalism is the worst economic system in the world - except for all the others.
(to paraphrase Winston Churchill)
Back in fashion?? Marxism has failed every place it’s been implemented. When was being a loser ever in fashion?
I can’t help but stare at this photo. It’s so weird.
Exactly. Couldn’t have said it better.
Some people never learn.
They do the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
That’s crazy!
Ding!!
Ding!!
Ding!!
We Have A Winner!
Quote Of The Day!
Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it!
At this rate the SNP may end up being the main opposition party. Hell maybe even the Ulster Unionists?
Marxism always just leads to a form of Neo-Feudalism that hides itself from the masses by claiming to be in the best interests of the masses and the only way to keep them duped is to keep them dumb.
Surprisingly, there are only a few pro-socialist trolls on the Yahoo comments. Most are lambasting socialism. Color me shocked!
Since being a victim became a thing of pride and source of power, IOW the 60s.
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