Did you read this?
http://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Marx-Tolstoy-Sartre-Chomsky/dp/0060916575/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid= There are some amazing details about the liberal/left wing scumbag icons like Marx in that book.
I read through all his garbage a long time ago at the university. It didn't impress me then, either, and I was just a dumb 20-something. Imagine how full of holes it was to be so unimpressive to me at that tender age.
Now, I'd much rather focus my energy on more positive, usseful and pleasant reading.