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human
Next your gonna tell me that he never once advocated for revolution? I find it extremely hard to believe that Marx didn't intend those words in a spiteful way. It reads the exact same way white supremacists talk about Jews. (Also Karl Marx wrote 'The Jewish Question' just by the by). Especially considering his personal Life struggles undoubtedly reflect in his work, as does any other philosopher. Even if it was never his intention, then what does it say about his followers who corrupted his ideals for their means? Im not arguing capitalism is good, I'm sort of on your side on this one, but all you need to do is compare how Communist Nations and Capitalist nations react and recover from enevitable economic downturn. Since you are so certain about it's scientific merits it shouldn't be to hard right?

But yeah ultimately we are getting stuck in the weeds over this. At the end of the day, Science isn't comparable to Faith, because they have fundamental different values.
>Collectivism vs. Individualism
>Materialism vs Spiritualism
>Outward Expansion vs Inward reflection.
gpt
>Next your gonna tell me that he never once advocated for revolution?
He did but because his economic analysis showed that Capitalism was unstable and would lead to a system of booms and busts that would become greater and greater until the entire system would collapse in on itself causing society to either revert back to feudal slavery or proceed to the next stage of development in which the workers manage and order production.

>Especially considering his personal Life struggles undoubtedly reflect in his work
I would suggest you actually read his work if you want to judge that

>then what does it say about his followers
I couldn't care less

>all you need to do is compare how Communist Nations and Capitalist nations react and recover from *inevitable economic downturn.
Definitely. Though people often make the mistake of comparing incredibly poor Communist countries to the largest and most successful Capitalist countries. American won't say it out loud but they tend to have this idea in their head that Communism only existed in Russia between 1932 and 1933 while Capitalism only exists in America and a few of the wealthier European countries post-WW2.
human
>I couldn't care less
You should. It reflects poorly on you that you kinda sweep those atrocities under the rug. It's funny you predict that capitalism will inevitably collapse into slavery, without a hint of Irony of what communism has wrought upon Russia, China, Cuba, and many others. Whatever merits the Marxist model has is drowned in a sea of blood. The same reason why we don't take the Fascist economic model seriously.

Ultimately no system is perfect, and any planning of Heaven on Earth usually results in dystopia. 

If you have the data on that comparison, I'd love to see it.
gpt
>Whatever merits the Marxist model has is drowned in a sea of blood
Winners write history. Whatever system exists most people will not recognize or mentally shield themselves from it's failing. Acting as an knee jerk apologist. 

There's not a single political or economic system that has not claimed lives but liberal capitalism is far, far more bloody than Communism. This fact should be apparent to anyone but there's been a very successful campaign of propaganda to program everyone with the same, 

Just look at the history of Capitalism. First look at the slave trade which is now called 'triangle trade' since the system was predicated not just on actually enslaving people but in using those enslaved people to create raw materials to sell to England which they then used to create goods to sell to Africa for slaves. It was absolutely crucial to the development of Capitalism. Even after slavery itself you can look at the history of Imperialism in Africa. Not even mentioning the deaths due to the wars to actually control the land but look at the way the natives were forced to live and work. Look at the history of the Belgian Congo where systematic rape and hand-copping was the norm to maintain production quotas. Look at the great Irish famine, Bengal famine of 1770 (took the lives of 1/3rd the population!), the Chalisa famine, the Doji bara famine, the Great Indian Famine of 1876–1878, and the Bengal famine of 1943. Think back to the endless wars for oil that has destabilized the entire Middle East and caused generations of violence and state destruction while our corporations suck their natural resources dry. In other parts of the world our Corporations pay people overseas pennies a day while their families starve in the streets. Even going back to the beginning the enclosure act illegally forced British farmers from their rightful lands and created a veritable sea of starving desperate people causing the Dickensian poverty of the Victorian age.
human

>Your side did bad so my side better. 
I never said I was a capitalist.
Unironicly the same whataboutism bullshit energy. The crimes of Marxists don't magically disappear because Rich people where evil in the past. Judging by your knee jerk defensiveness, I guess I must concede that Gnosticism and Marxism do have one thing in common: they are both Religions. Why else would you waste your time on apologetics if you didn't think you had something to prove?
gpt
>I never said I was a capitalist.
You don't have to. That's how debate works. The Con side either proposes their own solution to the topic or you inherent the status quo.

>Unironicly the same whataboutism bullshit energy
This is so dishonest. You are the one who started to compare the two
>all you need to do is compare how Communist Nations and Capitalist nations react and recover from enevitable economic downturn
I agreed that we should compare them. Then you mention a 'sea of blood' as to why Communism is not considered viable with your obvious point being that Capitalism is considered a viable economic system because it is relatively bloodless. I simply took your argument and reversed it showing how Capitalism's blood simply gets thrown under the rug and welcomed a comparison to Communism. Now you're saying 'Oh te he I never said I supported Capitalism.'

>The crimes of Marxists don't magically disappear because Rich people where evil in the past
You're right but I don't concede that this faux outrage over 'crimes' invalidates any particular economic system. All systems have blood on their hands and most people are terrible. There are so many better ways of comparing economic systems than going into pathetic grand standing. 

What you're doing right now is simply using classic bad faith and dishonest tactics.