• Aux@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    Marx literally calls for a genocide in his manifesto. It might not be political in your view, but communism is inherently a genocide.

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        You can read the full manifesto here https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf But let’s go through it step by step.

        1. Marx divides all people into classes and then declares that people in a specific class are better than people in other classes. This is covered in his first part called “Bourgeois and Proletarians”. Direct quote:

        the proletariat is its special and essential product

        1. The second part establishes that there are even better representatives of “good people” called “Communists”. This whole section is dedicated to dehumanising everyone else and showing that Communists are the superior people to everyone else.

        2. He then openly calls for violence multiple times finishing with:

        their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.

        You can replace “Communists” with “Arians” and “Bourgeoisie” with “Jews” and you’ll get Hitler’s manifest. Same shit.

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          No, he did not. I’ve read it 5-6 times over the years, not once did he call for genocide. You can show what you think is a call for genocide, and I’ll explain why that’s not the case at all.

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            3 days ago

            I posted a comment below. It’s clear as day. Anyone arguing is delusional.

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              Was the French Revolution a “genocide” against the Monarchy? Further, revolution doesn’t necessitate killing every member of the bourgeoisie. Further still, you are likening relations to Capital to immutable characteristics like ethnicity.

              You’re deeply unserious.

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                  2 days ago

                  I’m not the one pretending business owners are an ethnicity, nor am I the one pretending Marx said to commit genocide on business owners. Marx calls for revolution, not genocide, it’s very silly to adopt your position.

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                    2 days ago

                    It is delusional to support genocide and find reasons why your version of genocide is not genocide.

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      3 days ago

      Marx literally calls for a genocide in his manifesto.

      Others have asked for sources. I know it’s not true. If Marx called for genocide, centrists would love him.

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          3 days ago

          “He didn’t like existing systems of oppression. Therefore literally hitler.” is a shit reply.

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            2 days ago

            Just like Nazis thought that Jews were oppressors. A shit reply is defending a genocidal maniac.

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              2 days ago

              Imagine being such a bootlicker that you’re comparing the rich to the Jews in 1940s Germany.

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                The Jews were the rich in Germany in the 1930s. Imagine being so ignorant and delusional…

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                  I guess if you really need to demonize anyone who doesn’t love being exploited by capitalism as much as you do, you can pretend that Marx wanted the same thing hitler wanted.