Illustration: Jayachandran/MintKarl Marx was one of the most brilliant analysts of the raw capitalism of his times. Some would argue that Marx cannot be held responsible for the Stalinist meat grinder that killed millions of innocents in the name of historical progress. The past decades have seen several innovative attempts to free Marx from the totalitarian baggage. The Eurocommunists of the 1970s tried to reconfigure Marx for the needs of modern social democracies. Does Karl Marx share blame for the human cost of socialist regimes?

Source: Mint May 06, 2018 16:07 UTC