Sorry, that's not the point I meant to make. The poster I was responding to was saying that the point of intellectual discussion groups is never to discuss Marx

Sorry, that's not the point I meant to make. The poster I was responding to was saying that the point of intellectual discussion groups is never to discuss Marx. I was pointing out that that is because Marx's theories have been thoroughly shown to lack merit. It's not so much that they're dangerous as that they were discussed, quite a lot, and then acted on. Those discussions and actions lead to some of the largest events of human suffering in history. I'm not sure what more discussion there is to have at that point other than "how do we make sure that doesn't happen again". I've read Marx myself. I've also read what little of Mein Kamf I could manage to get through. I don't believe in banning books or ideas, but I do think it's ridiculous to ignore history and pretend that proven bad ideas ought to be given another chance.