How Marxism went from philosophy to cudgel
Episode
9 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Philosophy & Wisdom, Economics & Policy
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What It Covers
Republican politicians frequently use "Marxism" as political attack term despite misunderstanding Karl Marx's actual economic theories about worker ownership.
Notable Moment
Political science professor Jennifer Victor suggests Karl Marx would be astonished seeing his name weaponized for negative partisan politics.
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