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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:49:38 -0500
From: KaiserW-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: RE: RE: M-INTRO: why didn't marx capitalize


In a class that I am taking, I have learned that Marx was well off. He married into a wealthy family which didnot aprove of him. He was chased out of every country that he tried to make his home, but all the while working to better himself and society.

DAKLAR-AT-pseud.pseud wrote:

>I wouldnt doubt it if marx was just a victim of the time he lived just like
>anyone else. He couldn't find work that would allow him to pursue his
>intellectual endeavors on the side. He also had enough passion to continue
>his work reguardless of his living conditions. Maybe he figured he would
>eventually one day find a position with a university somewhere or maybe he
>would recieve a grant to continue his work. Apparently these offers never
>came but at least he didn't give up on his work. That in itself attests to
>the beleif in his own philosophies. I know that if I had some amazing idea
>and my family were starving I would tend to put the idea on the back burner
>and go out and bust my ass to provide for them. It would be interesting to
>find out more about Marx personal life. Did He have marital problems because
>his lack of employment? I imagine he did. How did his children feel about
>their father? Did He have children? Are any of his children or grandchildren
>still around? Can somebody who knows a little more about Marx shed life on
>these questions or maybe recomend a good unbiased biography on the man. I
>would be very interested in reading about him apart from his books on
>politics and economics. 
>
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>Subject: M-INTRO: why didn't marx capitalize
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>Rudeman brought an interesting question to the table about
>why Marx would lead his life in poverty as his family
>practically starved to death. It kind of makes you wonder.
>I haven't studied Marx enough to know exactly what was
>going through his mind. It might have been that he
>understood that he would be exploited if he were to work
>for somebody so he refused to be exploited even if his life
>was worse off.  He may also have been making a stand to
>show that he really believed what he said he did.  By not
>working for a wage that was less than he was worth he was
>setting an example for others to follow so that in time as
>more followed him the collective effort would change the
>system. It may have been his own little type of
>thoreauvianesqe civil disobedience. He didn't believe in it
>so he wouldn't do it. These are just some ideas I had, take
>them for what they are worth.
>
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