Did Karl Marx actually believe in Marxism; or did he simply just think of the theory as a possibility?

Question

I'm sorry, I don't know much about Karl Marx other then his theory.

Answer 1

Marx was a Jew. Nothing wrong with that EXCEPT - Jews are quite clannish. The help each other work work togehter. They have and adhere to a long tradition of social interaction. They have a history of being doctors, teachers, merchants, and bankers. By heling each other and benefitting Non Jews (for a price) they have accumulated wealth. For this, they are hated.
Marx's theories of Communism was an extension of the Jewish traditional concepts of service and working together to create a social structure. Example. A jew will lend money to another Jew without interest. But if you are a gentile - you pay. (This is not necessarily true in today's world). But that is what MADE them so hated in the medieval times - being a tight community, working for each other, helping each other. Take that winto common life. The Communists are all equal, no one is more important, more wealthy than any other. All will work for the common good, not personal gain. Marx believed that the the Jewish tradition could be expanded and applied to all society to eliminate classes and different levels of wealth. In theory this is nice but it does not take into account the natural human ambition to make ones self better, so to speak, in many ways. Education, posessions, clothing, wife house... on and on. So Communists must break down the historic concepts of ownership, personal freedoms, religious belief, education and so on so that all people mentally and physically become identical.
Naturally, in a thinking population this cannot work as long as anyone remembers personal freedoms. That is why Comms. dedicated incredible amounts of time and effort to indoctrinate young people - they cannot want what they do not know. Marx believed in what he wrote but he did not predict or understand what would happen when a very few would achieve such absolute power over so very many. Power, perticularly absolute power, absolutely corrupts. He also forgot to take into account that people can think and that people are naturally ambitious. Indoctrination notwithstanding, people somehow want "Better things, not from their beighbor but for themselves.Marx forgot one other thing. There has never been a violent revolution that overthrew a government that did not result in massive oppression of the population that it was supposed to benefit.
Before someone screams about the USA - remember, the colonials did NOT overthrown the British monarchy, They declared independance from it.

For an example of this Indoctrination - look at all the independant reports on N' Korean. You will see how deep the grip of indoctrination has obtained on the youjng and middle aged populace. It was a good idea but it was entirely unworkable because humans are individuals and will always seek a higher level, always strive to be better and there is always a competitive spirit, large or small.

Answer 2

Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall—when both defenders of the free market and many people on the left viewed the collapse of Stalinism as the signal of Marxism’s long-foretold death—Marx’s name keeps popping up. In 1997, in an article marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto, New Yorker staff writer John Cassidy discovered “The Return of Karl Marx.” “Many of the contradictions that he saw in Victorian capitalism and that were subsequently addressed by reformist governments have begun reappearing in new guises, like mutant viruses,” Cassidy wrote. He reported a conversation with an investment banker: “To my surprise, he brought up Karl Marx. ‘The longer I spend on Wall Street, the more convinced I am that Marx was right,’ he said.”

More recently, editorial writers at the Allentown, Pa., Morning Call dusted off their Marx in the wake of the Enron scandal: “For several years, we have been told that Marxism is now a defunct doctrine. However, the apparent collusion of our ‘democratically elected’ leaders in the deceitful (though quite profitable) methods of the firm called Enron should lead us to be less hasty in dismissing Marx as a total lunatic. At least one of the statements of Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto prompts renewed attention. ‘The executive (the top level of government) of the modern state,’ they wrote in 1848, ‘is merely a committee for arranging the affairs of the (capitalist) bourgeoisie.’”

i have not heard any body speak about this man in over 10 years the last time i heard his name was about 1996 when my son john he was in the 10th grade when he was doing a 10 pages credit for his school now that you brought up his name i all so did the thing in college back in 1983 to 1987 it is very interresting to read about some one that even had a clue of what they were even talking about even back in his time when he was alive

Answer 3

Marx created Marxism... he belived to his dying breath that this was the way to go for the working-class Humanity, he belived in his theory more purely than Stalin or Mao Zedong

Answer 4

Only Karl Marx can answer this question.

Answer 5

He obviously believed his theories were right, however that did not stop him from rethinking some of his doctrinaire, and making changes to it as were necessary for the times.

Answer 6

Yes he did...just take a look at the millions of people who have lost their lives under a communist regime. It sounds good in theory, but as long as you have sinful man, those in charge, will corrupt it.

Answer 7

That's sort of like asking whether Jesus believed in Christianity. It didn't exist in his day, and he probably wouldn't recognize its relationship to his teachings. He did definitely believe in the immorality of capitalism, as do I. Funny how the greedy and covetous are the first ones to scream about "godless" communism.

Answer 8

More than just thought about it. He wrote a book about it called "Das Kapital".

His philosophy and writing is identified with his name, hence "Marxism".

Answer 9

Umm...check out the last name...and then the name of the theory... most likely he believed it... but only he can tell you that. and looks like it's too late...

Answer 10

lol...Marx was a Marxist at heart