[RayChuang88]

Speaking of Marxism, I really have to ask this question: was either Karl Marx or Friedrich Engels influenced by the Rothchilds.

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, the Rothschilds were financiers, and would therefore be extreme capitalists, so I doubt it.

I think a lot people harp on the fact the Rothschilds were Jewish; however, 99% of European Jews were dirt poor (think of the vast majority in Poland and the Eastern Europe—Fiddler on the Roof style lives).

I'm not sure if Marx and Engels were Jews but so what?

They WERE Communists and Communism is a system that CANNOT work without terrible bloodshed and oppression of people's normal inclinations. Therefore, it is a anti-human solution at best.

And Marx plagiarized the Christian Bible when you think of the core statement:

"From each, according to their abilities; to each, according to their needs."

Jesus said many similar things, but he was speaking of a World yet to exist, the Kingdom of Heaven.

[bray]

That is a really good question. It sure seems like Marxism is a great way to control the masses.