Our Western popular[1] perception of Marx is heavily colored by the usurpation of his name, and bastardization of his philosophy Not to mention the view of man

Our Western popular[1] perception of Marx is heavily colored by the usurpation of his name, and bastardization of his philosophy Not to mention the view of many Americans of "Socialism" as both the politics of the Soviet Union and those of present-day western Europe. Given that, fat chance people would know the distinction between Marx and Stalin.