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I read this book a few months ago. It is a must read. Marx was a terrible human being, his exterior, unkept, dirty and disheveled reflected the pit of hell that was his interior life. One can judge the character of a person by how they treat others, and this was spot on as he treated those around him with cruelty and in a most selfish manner. In addition, he was slovenly and lazy to the extreme.

Since he wrote his manifesto in London, it has been surmised that Marx was a vehicle to the ideas that were more widely shared by a few influential people at the time, and I would suggest that his ideas were as convenient and timely for those with grander schemes as were the ideas of Darwin.

The result of putting too much emphasis on the intellect and reason eventually ends with the logic of materialistic utilitarianism that emerged from the Enlightenment and tries to dispense with God and all the moral rules which hold man with proper dignity and grace.

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Buy this book. Buy it as a gift for others. It is a history book. It is a religious book. It explains the culture we find ourselves in now.

We allowed it to happen.

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It took me thirty years to finish reading The Communist Manifesto. I kept flinging it across the room in disgust.

The geoists fought the socialists for the soul of the left. Shame that they lost. Maybe modern populists can take up the cause.

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Excellent! Explains a lot about how we got here and why!

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An excellent book and a must read.

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I bought this book 4 years ago! 👍👏💥

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Is this likely to awaken or cure any of the 69 million (so far) voters and proxies who checked the D box in the USA for Nov. 5? Would any one of them read it?

I treasure those who exhibit "intellectual curiosity" but it appears to be a challenging condition. It is so much easier to consider opinions presented by influential or prominent groups and adhere to same.

It might be fun to request one of the AI machines to review the book.

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Got it in Audible today - thanks for the recommendation 😊

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