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So there is no example of Marxism working.

• 21echoes 12y ago
  no, there just is no such thing as "Marxism" as a nation-state level policy. Marx was a critic of capitalism, and did not propose any vision of how society should be constructed beyond "workers should own the means of production" (which, of course, has never been tried as a nation-state level policy, and was not tried in the USSR, Mao's China, etc.). for more: https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/2uegfi/karl_marxs_diagnosis_of_capitalism_shouldnt_be/co7s35m https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/2uegfi/karl_mar...
  • dragonwriter 12y ago
    > Marx was a critic of capitalism, and did not propose any vision of how society should be constructed beyond "workers should own the means of production" Marx -- mostly together with Engels -- actually proposed much more specific policy proposals than "workers should own the means of production", in the Communist Manifesto and in other works.
• unicornporn 12y ago
  That's like saying: so there is no example of existentialism working? Marxism can't be reduced to a ready made model for how society should work.
• sgift 12y ago
  There's also no example of capitalism working. That didn't stop us from using it and trying to fix all the problems it produces - an ongoing process, which fails all the time.