Karl Marx' Exposed Life: Both Controversial and Scheming.

AS and A Level Politics

Devry University

John Mills

ECON312

Karl Marx’ Exposed Life:

Both Controversial and Scheming

12/13/03

Karl Marx’ Exposed Life: Both Controversial and Scheming

Karl Heinrich Marx was born on the river Moselle in Trier, Germany on May 5th 1818 and died March 18, 2003 (The History Guide). He was among a long line of rabbis from his father, Heinrich Marx, and his mother, Henrietta Marx, and therefore of Jewish descent (Karl Marx: The Person). Although his father Heinrich converted to the Anglican Church, it was strictly for financial reasons and he deemed it of no consequence (The History Guide). It is an important factor that Karl Marx’ heritage be mentioned because it pertains to the way he was brought up as a Jew and a possible rabbi to be. This will give important information on why Karl Marx had communist ideas even from his youth along with his life long companion, Friedrich Engels (The History Guide).

As a young man, Karl Marx at the age of 22 (year 1840) became a member of the fanatical group called the Young Hegelians. The Young Hegelians promoted that religion and God was an invention of humans as a projection of their own ideas (Karl Marx). Karl Marx had taken this idea further by his criticism of society and its capitalistic state (Karl Marx). By denying God’s existence, this was his only remaining obstacle from becoming a true communist. Why? So that he might replace God with a utopian government incapable of seeking its own corruptible desires. But this assumption is both preposterous and naïve, because power corrupts. Whether this power is rendered to a group of corporations or to an all-encompassing government. Even so a group of corporations struggle both with its competitors and the market of supply and demand, therefore, society wins. A government left as dictator has no recourse to its competitors because it has no competitors and acts as the central controller, as would a monopoly, over all goods and services. This implies that Karl Marx ignored these facts when proposing his new socially driven society known as communism.

Karl Marx theorized that communism would bring the two distinctly different kinds of commodity-possessors at equal terms. Within the capitalistic system, two different kinds of commodity-possessors faced each other, one being the land owners and capital holders and the other being the laborers incapable of leveraging anything but themselves. However, what Karl Marx was unable to realize was that communism would bring both commodity-possessors into a state of poverty and want, which would be regulated by a kind of government (Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation). This type of government only makes the land its own and therefore subject to private interpretation. If this government modeled Marx’ theories, then this would be a government incapable of compassion, consequence, and fear because these are attributes of a people recognizing God as the supreme being and Knower of all atrocities. Many societies ruled under an all-powerful dictatorship, such as in the Byzantine Empire where the Emperor ruled the land. Not only did the Emperor appoint governors, but also the governors decided the laws. This empire was the longest lasting empire in the history of mankind lasting eleven hundred years. It was because the Church was an active component inside the government and the Emperor was apart of the Church and subject to its rules that chaos did not abound. But now communism brings a government denying God’s existence and leaving no accountability to what end or means it chooses to bring upon a trusting people.

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Karl Marx first published his communistic ideas in 1867 calling it Capital or Das Kapital. A total of four volumes were written, which explained his theories of how Capitalism would eventually cause a decline in profit and would therefore be replaced by communism (The History Guide). However, the remaining three volumes were edited and published by Friedrich Engles, who finished volumes II and III, and Karl Kautsky, who finished the fourth volume (Karl Marx). He also wrote a series of manuscripts called Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, which was not published until the 1930’s (The History Guide). Karl Marx theorized that a society in which human beings freely developed their nature in cooperative production rather than in a capitalistic society would remove the alienated nature of labor from the people (The History Guide). He argued that capitalism prevented colonists the necessary resources needed to utilize land for agriculture, pasturing, and etc. because it is needful for land not to be owned privately, but to be publicly utilized regardless of the affects of supply and demand (Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation). The controller of these properties would be the government, but who would be the controller of the government after this great power had been handed down? Who would prevent this government from obtaining total corruption, for as mentioned before, Marx eliminated the belief in God and in turn God’s moral impact on society.

When communism was first introduced, it brought an idea of utopian superiority, but its underlying meaning showed a government with total control and limitless power towards its people. Did Karl Marx think that he lived in a world free from corruption? Who would be put into this dominant position of power where freedom is abolished and corruption and power stand alone? As a Jew, this mindset was standard and documented in the Jewish books called the Talmud.

The Talmud teaches that the Jewish culture is the dominant species on the earth and is considered the only human beings on the planet. It describes how Jewish dominance must abound over the entire planet, regulating Jewish law and therefore abolishing non-Jewish belief (The Truth about the Talmud). Many examples have been recorded in history, but none better than the Russian revolution of 1917, which was implemented and controlled by Communist Jews (The Truth about the Talmud).

Karl Marx was quoted to saying “a new revolution is possible only in consequence of a new crisis” (The History Guide). What better crisis than to promote a newer government by exterminating the existing one. In just two years, one million, seven hundred thousand Orthodox Christians were slaughtered in the name of the revolution including the Tsar Nicholas II and his family (The Secret Force). Not only did the people suffer, but also the government fought amongst itself. When Joseph Stalin came into power after the death of Lenin, he single handedly murdered his opposing side led by Trotsky. Even when out-voted by the council many years later, he again used his cunning behavior to put down his political adversaries (The Life of Joseph Stalin). Was this how Karl Marx envisioned communism? During the time of Karl Marx, Russia was the superpower of the world that put down the Napoleonic regime and German conquest in World War I. This was a nation that lasted hundreds of years and after the fall of Byzantium, was the sole leader of the world. What happened to China when it went through its Boxer-rebellion? Once again, society had to be purged of its religious contribution as thousands were either driven out of China or slaughtered. However, in this instance, the rebellion was not towards the government power, but against the Orthodox Christians and particularly the Monasteries who were helpless in the attacks. Once again, Christians were a target to revolutionary ideas and activities much like the life of one of the first revolutionists, Karl Marx. In Russia, the leader of the Church was the Tsarists and the Russian government and therefore was a target.

Was Karl Marx right or wrong? Did he look at the capitalistic society and want change at any cost? I believe his theories and definitions were absolutely wrong. His motives were suspicious in that he attempted to assume that his idea of government would be infallible and in turn able to influence this notion on almost half the world. Everywhere communism abides lives hunger, violence, and oppression. Even now after the fall of communism in Russia, the people find oppression among the mobs and revolutionists who formally controlled the communist regime. Even now there are events and occurrences being made public to the outside world. The KGB including positions such as the Patriarch of Moscow and many bishops and priests who control the religious communities inserted religious figures. Any attempt to wall off from these facets of control was persecuted and put down forcing many religious people to enter the catacombs. It was estimated that 60 million people were murdered over the course of the first 30 years of the communist revolution. God only knows how many more persecutions occurred since that time. Cuba being the closest communist state to the United States is another example of continual slavery and non-freedom. Former Germany under Hitler, the Italian leadership of Mussolini, Hideki Tojo of Japan during World War II and many others are examples of communism and its ruthless regimes.

Conclusion

The last decade of Karl Marx’ life was full of illness and depression (The History Guide). He was a brilliant orator, but twisted in his beliefs. Even his father came to despise him before his death (The History Guide). I believe that the foundation of Marxism was influenced by his Jewish upbringing and influence. Of course, not all Jews are of this belief and doctrine and when I speak of Jewish belief, I speak of modern day Judaism, which is the proponent of the Talmud and the rabbinical order. It is not the race that I judge and give example of, but the beliefs and teachings of the Talmud. I believe that communism was invented to destroy Christianity as it is taught to do so in the Talmud. Communism murdered many Jews during the German Reich, but Hitler himself was a Jew. Which can show that his hatred for the Jews was not because of its faith, but because of the political power and wealthy ness it had acquired in corruption. Of course, this does not justify his actions and nor does it justify the actions of the communist Jews when they murdered 60 million people in Russia. However, all of these examples bring a consistency to view about communism and its destructive power.

References

The History Guide:

Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation:

Karl Marx:

Karl Marx: The Person:

The Secret Force:

The life of Joseph Stalin: The History Channel

Personal Knowledge of the history of the Byzantine Empire, the Boxer rebellion, and World War II.