Karl Marx celebrated liberalism’s achievements, such as freedom of the press, while excoriating its fidelity to private property rights. We can hold the same tension in our minds — fiercely opposing capitalism while fighting to make liberal rights real through socialist transformation.

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    “Liberalism clears incredibly low bar of being better than the feudal system”

    • CarmineCatboy [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      i mean to be fair my man :marx-hi: started his career in the 'french revolution and its consequences' factory

      • jabrd [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        And his take was that liberalism was the half delivered promises of the enlightenment. Or did Engels say that? Actually I think that’s an Engels paraphrase from his writing on historical materialism. Either way tho