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He is concerned with the liberation of man from a kind of work which destroys his individuality, which transforms him into a thing, and which makes him into the slave of things. Just as Kierkegaard was concerned with the salvation of the individual, so Marx was, and his criticism of capitalist society is directed not at its method of distribution... See more
Marx's Concept of Man. Erich Fromm 1961
Since it’s his birthday, I’ll repost this incredible take from Marx’s mom https://t.co/hRQRxquLL8
One of Adam Smith’s most intelligent and penetrating readers was the German economist Karl Marx. Marx agreed entirely with Smith’s analysis: specialization had indeed transformed the world and possessed a revolutionary power to enrich individuals and nations. But where he differed from Smith was in his assessment of how desirable this development
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Henrik Karlsson (@henrikkarlsson)
Marx’s life had been filled with such abundance that he was one of those people who found it natural to care for those around him.