- 24 Dec 2012 16:29
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Yes, I do deny it.
Marx wasn't wealthy: He was born petty-bourgeois (or middle class), and he had no personal wealth or steady income to rely on. He didn't mooch off Engels: Friedrich Engels funded his comrade and associate's research. Engels' funding enabled Marx to produce important work that Engels wanted written very badly.
Considering how Kapital and the Communist Manifesto are striking pieces of political literature, giving birth to a whole new school of sociological analysis, Freddy Engels got a fair amount of bang for his buck.
Rothbardian wrote:The man, again, had no direct experience of the lives of the people who's cause he was claiming to champion. Do you deny he lived his life as a wealthy failure, mooching off of Engels and his wife?
Yes, I do deny it.
Marx wasn't wealthy: He was born petty-bourgeois (or middle class), and he had no personal wealth or steady income to rely on. He didn't mooch off Engels: Friedrich Engels funded his comrade and associate's research. Engels' funding enabled Marx to produce important work that Engels wanted written very badly.
Considering how Kapital and the Communist Manifesto are striking pieces of political literature, giving birth to a whole new school of sociological analysis, Freddy Engels got a fair amount of bang for his buck.
"Cm'on, baby, eat the rich!!!" -Mötorhead.