Tag Archives: political philosophy

Marxism: Origins, contradictions, and the Engels Paradox

From factories to philosophy: The real story behind marxism.

Marxism is a socio-economic theory developed by Karl Marx that critiques capitalism while paradoxically relying on capitalist structures for its own creation and dissemination. This article clarifies the historical relationship between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, examining the financial and ideological foundations of Marxism. It addresses claims of hypocrisy by …

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity: Why society allows foolishness to flourish

Theory of stupidity: Lessons from Bonhoeffer.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote some of the twentieth century’s most penetrating reflections on human behaviour while sitting in a Nazi prison cell. In 1943 he drafted an essay titled After Ten Years, now part of Letters and Papers from Prison, where he tried to understand how Germany, a country known for …

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