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Karl©

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About Me

I was born and educated in Prussia, where I fell under the influence of Ludwig Feuerbach and other radical Hegelians. Although I share Hegel's belief in dialectical structure and historical inevitability, I hold that the foundations of reality lay in the material base of economics rather than in the abstract thought of idealistic philosophy. I earned a doctorate at Jena in 1841, writing on the materialism and atheism of Greek atomists, then moved to Koln, where I founded and edited a radical newspaper, Rheinische Zeitung. Although I also attempted to earn a living as a journalist in Paris and Brussels, my participation in unpopular political movements made it difficult to support my wife. I finally settled in London in 1849, where I lived in poverty while studying and developing my economic and political theories. Above all else, I believe that philosophy ought to be employed in practice to change the world.

My Interests

Dominoes, Chess, Mario Kart, Monkeyball, Mario Party, Metroid Prime, Bubble Bobble

I'd like to meet:

Open-minded individuals with a thirst for knowledge...

Music:

PsyTrance

My Blog

In my own defense...

some damned reporter guy: Well, Dr Marx, you are all washed up, arent you? Fifteen years ago your theories ruled half the world. Now what's left? Cuba? North Korea? my reply: My theories as you put ...
Posted by Karl© on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:32:00 PST

Key Terms

Bourgeoisie: "[B]y bourgeoisie is meant the class of modern Capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage labor" (79). The bourgeoisie developed out of feudalism and will...
Posted by Karl© on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Quotes in contextual order:

"A specter is haunting Europe: the specter of Communism" (78) "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles" (79) "Society as a whole is more and more splitti...
Posted by Karl© on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

educate yourselves, you ignorant fucks!

The Communist Manifesto opens with the famous words "The history of all hitherto societies has been the history of class struggles," and proceeds in the next 41 pages to single-mindedly elaborate this...
Posted by Karl© on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST