[starbase]

[That's nice, but Marx' ideas were formulated before Darwin published.

1848 Communist Manifesto

1859 Origin of Species]

Old Karl was still scribbling away as late as 1870 when he wrote the second volume of Capital. He kept writing and working (bless his little heart) until his death on 14th March 1883. The Communist Manifesto was not his only influential work. He had plenty of time to incorporate Darwin's ideas, and I read he offered to dedicate Capital Vol. I to Darwin, who declined not wanting to offend his religious relatives.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"and I read he offered to dedicate Capital Vol. I to Darwin, who declined not wanting to offend his religious relatives."
You read wrong:

http://www.gruts.com/darwin/articles/2000/marx/index.htm

[PatrickHenry]

We discussed this in a thread a few days ago. Two points:

Marx's last work, Das Kapital, is the only thing he wrote and published after the world learned of Darwin and evolution. But Das Kapital doesn't mention either Darwin or evolution. No hint of any Darwinian influence.

Second, the tale about the offer of dedication has recently been revealed to be false. Someone will be along soon to post a link to that information.