Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 12, 1883)

I know, I know, it’s a very silly joke, but it shows us in one saying how contradictory Marx’ beliefs were.

There are five inconjuncts, with two forming a Yod pointing at Mars. This man wanted to start a revolution to free the ordinary man from oppression by an overbearing aristocracy. He eventually inspired the Russians to overthrow the Tsar and their ilk in the 1917 October Revolution. But were his words all that mattered? I would say, no, because the rulers in Russia didn’t do themselves any favours.

Here’s another quote:

Here, Marx is showing how democratic societies eventually become socialists (and by extension, fascists). Now it makes sense when Putin decided to invade Ukraine to stamp out a fascist state.

“Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.”

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In the 19th century, the truth of his ideas have now been proven by the results in the 21st century after COVID-19. The world hasn’t recovered yet, and now the cost of things has risen so high that most people cannot afford to live anymore. And yet, the rich keep getting richer, and the poor are dying.

But it’s not funny…