Before Das Kapital, there was 1844.

In his Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, a 26 year old Karl Marx laid the philosophical foundation for his war on private property. Alienation. Species-being. Estranged labor. Money as the “universal pimp.” Communism as humanity’s redemption.

But was Marx diagnosing the disease correctly… or prescribing the wrong cure?

In this episode of Are You Smarter Than a Libertarian, we break down Marx’s original arguments in detail and put them under libertarian scrutiny.

Is wage labor exploitation or voluntary exchange?
Is profit theft or incentive?
Does abolishing private property restore humanity… or concentrate power?
Is alienation caused by markets… or by the reality of scarcity itself?

No slogans.
No safe takes.
Just economic philosophy in a head-on collision.

Are you smarter than a libertarian?

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