RE: Marxism, what you got?
August 23, 2021 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2021 at 3:57 pm by HappySkeptic.)
Marxism is a product of its time, when industrialists abused their power, and workers were little better than slaves.
Reforms to reign in the excesses made Marx's writings a "solution" to a problem that no longer existed.
Marx was just plain wrong about economics. He wasn't wrong about the exploitation he saw. Following Marxism today would be foolish -- instead find an economic system that balances the right to get ahead with your own hard work, and the right not to be screwed over by the rich. That's what most countries in the West are trying to do.
Reforms to reign in the excesses made Marx's writings a "solution" to a problem that no longer existed.
Marx was just plain wrong about economics. He wasn't wrong about the exploitation he saw. Following Marxism today would be foolish -- instead find an economic system that balances the right to get ahead with your own hard work, and the right not to be screwed over by the rich. That's what most countries in the West are trying to do.