[Lake]

>>Can either of you explain the origins of Marxism? Where it came from and out of which circumstances?

As I know, Marxism was originated from Karl Marx's works in which he studied the European capitalism after the industrial revolution and concluded that there were probelms with the system that the system would not be able to solve. Therefore socialism would evantually replace capitalism and lead to communism, which Marx believed was the highest level of human society.

[super175]

See post #55.

In Marxism, Capitalism was viewed as an extension of feudalism...just a new way to keep the peasants down...

Capitalism was considered 'evil' for this very reason.

Marx advocated a general uprising so that the peasants could overtake their feudal masters...which they considered capitalists to be...

[super175]

The Brits were the biggest capitalists that ever came around. We were not fighting against them to create a new system of business. We fought for fair and equal treatment. We fought them over their feudal abuses.

See the link to the Boston Tea Party in post #52...

The Brits wanted to come in and create a monopoly in their favor...but at the same time did not want to give us representation in the government.

Have you ever heard "no taxation without representation"?

The Brits certainly were not against business. Why do you think the Brits were trading in China?