We take a break from 1800s America to look at Karl Marx, not as a theorist of political economy, but as a man. Many people are aware of Marxism the doctrine, but how many people know that Marx himself was financially illiterate? Did you know that Marx exploited essentially everyone in his life including his wife, his maid, his mother, his best friend? Marx was a real piece of work. Shouldn't that bear on his theory of history? Let's explore.


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