Marx Was Right: Five Surprising Ways Karl Marx Predicted 2014

Marx Was Right: Five Surprising Ways Karl Marx Predicted 2014

"There's a lot of talk of Karl Marx in the air these days – from Rush
Limbaugh accusing Pope Francis of promoting "pure Marxism" to a
Washington Times writer claiming that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
is an "unrepentant Marxist."

But few people actually
understand Marx's trenchant critique of capitalism. Most people are
vaguely aware of the radical economist's prediction that capitalism
would inevitably be replaced by communism, but they often misunderstand
why he believed this to be true. And while Marx was wrong about some
things, his writings (many of which pre-date the American Civil War)
accurately predicted several aspects of contemporary capitalism, from
the Great Recession to the iPhone 5S in your pocket."