Born May 5, 1818: Trier, Prussia. German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary (d. 1883)
His ideas are credited for the foundation of (modern) communism.
–Co–founder of Marxism with Engels.
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”
– The Communist Manifesto 1848
Both his parents were originally Jewish, but he kept his distance from all religion which he called the “opium of the people.” He died in London in 1883.
Marx converted to Protestantism as a child. He embraced Lutheran anti–Judaism. Marx’s theories were published under the title Das Kapital in 1867.