> In fact, a lot of Marx's work is an extension of Smith's own ideas and the use of Smith's own language and phrases. Yes, Marx took the bad parts out of Smith

> In fact, a lot of Marx's work is an extension of Smith's own ideas and the use of Smith's own language and phrases. Yes, Marx took the bad parts out of Smith and Ricardo and made a weird theory based on his reification of labor and value. > We see a lot of Marx's basic ideals parroted by people without people realizing it. My favorite is Tucker Carlson listeners who spit on Marx. The idea of an elite with money/resource control controlling politics is literally straight out of Marx's writings and is a talking point Tucker Carlson likes to use. Does Marx have a monopoly on this idea? It is a very trivial thing to believe, you don’t need Marx for that.