Re: To Bon Moun re M's comments: in marxism-digest V1 #4856

[Hari Kumar <hari.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bon Moun says:
"Marx was once asked what he admired most in men, and answered, "Strength." He 
was then
asked what he admired most in women, and he answered, "Weakness."  He was a 
great
thinker, and we owe him much, but we can not overlook his shortcomings and 
errors,
unless we are to make a religion of marxism, and a messiah of Marx.  So there 
are my
Marx quotes for today's exigesis."
COMMENT:
no fair!
(i) M was a product of his time as much as anything else;
(ii) This & the commentary by Engels to the same questions - was all in the 
manner of a
joke - or is that completely politically incorrect now? Even if the answer is 
"no" - at
least point out the sense in which these comments were made;
(iii) M made clear his unequivocal support of the liberation of women.
Hari Kumar



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