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by rmunn 35 days ago
Ah, something I can respond to without engaging in ideological battle. Instead, let's look at history.

I think Marx is objectionable because he was, objectively, an awful person. I mean, just to take one single example, look at what he wrote about Ferdinand Lassalle in this letter to Engels:

https://marxists.architexturez.net/archive/marx/works/1862/l...

... Yes. That's literally what Marx wrote.

The first two paragraphs are particularly revealing on the question of whether Marx was, or was not, motivated by envy.

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Seriously, you'd do better to engage with ideology and philosophy rather than the personal letters of flawed human beings.
"Opponents of obscene wealth/income inequality are typically not motivated by envy – that is your own projection."

That's literally what you wrote to start the thread.