The irony for Stephen Jay Gould is that Darwin was inspired by Adam Smith, specifically his The Wealth of Nations, not by Karl Marx.
I thought it kind of ironic that in a thread on an article that links an evolutionist to a biblical research group, whe get an article linking an evolutionist to Karl Marx. Are we supposed to connect those dots?
Even more ironic, perhaps, is that both Gould (an open marxist) and Darwin were reported to be agnostic. In my opinion, atheism is every bit 'faith-based' as traditional religion, since one must believe, beyond a doubt, that no god exists. How can anyone possibly 'know' that to be the case.