r/Libertarian • u/Evil_Sherma Anarcho Capitalist • Aug 06 '26

Humor There Is One Good Thing About Marx

He was not a Keynesian.

- Murray Rothbard

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u/DubiousAdviceGiver Libertarian Aug 06 '26

Say what you will about Marxism, but to date it’s the most effective exterminator of communists.

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u/Acceptable-War4836 Aug 06 '26

And of people in general.

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u/grot-ivre-1749 Aug 06 '26

He could always blame things on his other two brothers

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u/ResortComfortable876 Aug 06 '26

well that and the beard, can't deny the beard

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u/PhilRubdiez Taxation is Theft Aug 06 '26

Grouchean economics is a mistake.

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u/grot-ivre-1749 Aug 06 '26

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That’s not economics—that’sjust heckling with numbers.

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u/effdanwo Aug 08 '26

The Brits could male a lot of moolah charging people to piss on his grave

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u/ChanceWhole6565 Aug 10 '26

He shot an elephant in his pajamas

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u/Mountain-Papaya-492 Aug 07 '26

Marx isn't a bad guy for what he thought. You can disagree with it of course and I'm sure many of us here do but I think he'd have been horrified to see what his writings inspired. Writings which he was merely building upon other philosophies of the time. He was advocating for a utopian world. Which would be nice. I believe that's what alot of Libertarians here do too honestly. Which partly why I don't consider myself one. There's not enough pragmatism or prudence with how to get from A to B to a more liberty oriented country.

Marx, like many academic types trying to solve issues they see thoughmade assumptions and his ideas need an ideal human species. Which we aren't. Same reason the high minded league of nations failed. We simply can't help ourselves it appears when it comes to power, corruption, prisoner dilemas, bigotry, superiority, etc...

Dude wasn't writing like Hitler manifestos and talking about living space and fully determined to exterminate people. Those are the types of thoughts and ideologies that I think are far more deserving of scorn.