• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I was told marx was an antisemite. That’s what people say about leftists in general it seems.

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      10 months ago

      Marx was Jewish himself, and wrote a fiery response against an antisemetic piece. He advocated for Jewish liberation.

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          10 months ago

          Read Marx’s On the Jewish Question. It’s a response to the extremely anti-semetic The Jewish Question, and Marx basically goes through all of its bullshit and concludes that while religion is used by Capitalism to reinforce itself, he advocates for emancipation of religious people themselves. He was an atheist of Jewish descent.