This was presented at a training session for the Colorado Education Association:
It has since been edited a bit but this demonstrates their core ideology.
Marxism has failed everywhere it has been tried. His central thesis is based on a poor understanding of Capital. He neglects the fact that Capital is fungible - it can be created and it can be destroyed. His writings are based on the idea that there is a fixed pool of capital and that the social inequities stem from this Capital being poorly distributed. That some people "hoard" Capital and make it impossible for someone else to acquire it.
The real problem is that this sounds entirely plausible to the low-information citizen. Someone who doesn't think about basic economics and business will see this as true and SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.
And yes, I have read Marx. When I was in my 20's, I found the ideas interesting so dug into them. His writing is turgid and opaque - almost like he knew his theories were bullshit and wanted to conceal this from the average reader. Also read his contemporaries.
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