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That was on the cover of Time magazine in 1965. There was a rumble about it in a few of the years before that really came up again, and Time took on the subject. But this isn’t about Nietzche.<\/p>\n
Friederich Engels joined Karl Marx in creating the pamphlet titled \u201cCommunist Manifesto\u201d and Das Kapital, and edited some of his books after Marx died. https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Friedrich-Engels<\/a> He was, in fact, the primary influence that sent Marx into communism as a philosophy, as well as a ruling government.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Bremen, Engels also demonstrated his talent for journalism by publishing articles under the pseudonym of Friedrich Oswald, perhaps to spare the feelings of his family. He possessed pungent critical abilities and a clear style, qualities that were utilized later by Marx in\u00a0articulating<\/a>\u00a0their revolutionary goals.<\/p>\n After his discharge {from the military] in 1842, Engels met\u00a0Moses Hess<\/a>, the man who converted him to communism. Hess, the son of wealthy Jewish parents and a promoter of radical causes and publications, demonstrated to Engels that the logical consequence of the Hegelian philosophy and dialectic was communism. Hess also stressed the role that England, with its advanced industry, burgeoning\u00a0proletariat<\/a>, and portents of\u00a0class<\/a>\u00a0conflict, was destined to play in future upheavals. Engels eagerly seized the opportunity to go to England, ostensibly to continue his business training in the family firm in Manchester. — \u00a0Britannica<\/p>\n How did this affect Marx? The difference between them is rather obvious: Engels was organized, pragmatic, and goal-oriented, whereas Marx was a sloppy, unfocused slacker with no clear direction, someone who depended on the kindness of \u201cothers\u201d, such as Engels, to do his work for him. We would refer to him now as a lazy jerk who wanted people to do everything for him and knew how to take advantage of their egocentricities and their weaknesses. In this case, it was Engels\u2019 willingness to do things for him to make him look good. But while the pamphlet \u201cCommunist Manifesto\u201d, Marx\u2019s first publication, appeared to be inviting, welcoming and warm, it was, in fact, drivel. And it still is drivel to this day.<\/p>\n In reality, Marx was one of those people who, in the 19th<\/sup> century, found opportunities to sponge off of other people by getting himself invited to someone\u2019s dinner as a philosopher, during which he\u2019d daze the dinner guests with his profundity and perception. Slacker makes good, especially with Engels\u2019 willingness to provide him with the edited material that he could use to confound dinner guests with his brilliance.<\/p>\n Essentially, he was a bum who had no money and no job, but had a wife and 7 children, and when he died, he left behind the magnificent sum of\u00a0 \u00a3250, whereas Charles Dickens, well-known for his novels that indirectly criticized British society, left an estate worth \u00a393,000 <\/em>when he passed in 1870.<\/p>\n One semester of philosophy was required long ago. It was considered part of the Humanities. The drivel that philosophers create hasn\u2019t changed much since Aristotle, that bugger for the bottle, managed to confuse his audience as much as possible and sponge off anyone willing to throw a few coins at him.<\/p>\n Marx styled himself a philosopher, as did Engels. Philosophical scribblings are on the same order as that mind pudding music from the New Agers: all noise with no substance. Trying to wade through the first chapter of \u201cCommunist Manifesto\u201d was something on the order of \u2018read this if you really can\u2019t get to sleep\u201d. It was mind pudding drivel. And guess what we had to read as part of the Philosophy semester.\u00a0 Go on, just guess. Well, one chapter of it, anyway.<\/p>\n Don’t go away. There’s more to come.<\/p>\n I believe that Monty Python may have had the right idea about philosophers, right here:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L4d-HSP0wEc<\/a><\/p>\n And for a bit more entertainment, for those of you who are bored, I give you the Communist Quiz Show:<\/p>\n