On the Jewish Question, that piece largely irrelevant to scientific socialism that antisocialists looooove bringing up over and over again.
Based on Roderick Day’s interpretation of the text it seems to really hold up. Marx is saying the sickness anti-semites ascribe to the Jews and actually dominant throughout capitalist society, regardless of religion.
And Marx was fairly young when he wrote it. Most of the more regrettable language in it can safely be attributed to a young radical reacting against his background, the way baby socialists from the American Bible Belt lean hard into the athiesm part of historical communism.
Based on Roderick Day’s interpretation of the text it seems to really hold up. Marx is saying the sickness anti-semites ascribe to the Jews and actually dominant throughout capitalist society, regardless of religion.
And Marx was fairly young when he wrote it. Most of the more regrettable language in it can safely be attributed to a young radical reacting against his background, the way baby socialists from the American Bible Belt lean hard into the athiesm part of historical communism.