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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 4905207" data-attributes="member: 22662">What I understand about Karl Marx is that his view was that communism would become the naturally predominant economic system because of economic forces.&nbsp; That his theory relies upon the failure of capitalism to bring about the “uprising of the proletariat”.&nbsp;&nbsp; Has that happened?&nbsp; Is it happening?&nbsp; If it has or is happening, it’s not because Marx envisioned it or anyone woke up one day and said, “Let’s have a Marxist government!”Incidentally, Marx did have in mind the United States for most of his theory.&nbsp; And it’s hard to objectively say he was completely wrong.&nbsp; Capitalism, pure capitalism is a pretty vicious system.&nbsp; Probably the only reason Marx was wrong about the US is because we’ve been able to build a hybrid of sorts.&nbsp; Even though folks decry Obamacare and Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid as communism, it’s all part of a compromise that serves to strengthen capitalism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 4905207, member: 22662"] What I understand about Karl Marx is that his view was that communism would become the naturally predominant economic system because of economic forces. That his theory relies upon the failure of capitalism to bring about the “uprising of the proletariat”. Has that happened? Is it happening? If it has or is happening, it’s not because Marx envisioned it or anyone woke up one day and said, “Let’s have a Marxist government!” Incidentally, Marx did have in mind the United States for most of his theory. And it’s hard to objectively say he was completely wrong. Capitalism, pure capitalism is a pretty vicious system. Probably the only reason Marx was wrong about the US is because we’ve been able to build a hybrid of sorts. Even though folks decry Obamacare and Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid as communism, it’s all part of a compromise that serves to strengthen capitalism. [/QUOTE]

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