Whenever readers and history enthusiasts discover the appalling corners of the Russian revolution and the ideas of Marxism and along with it, the brutal atrocities like Mao China or the famine under Stalin and Co. The picture that gets painted in the mind of the reader is a rather confusing yet interesting one. But further inspection, one very often than not might recognize and consider Marx to be a true hero, Someone who stood up for equality against the oppressive elite, A revolutionary thinker who predicted the shortcomings of capitalism before it even took its course completely. Marx sure was a revolutionary thinker, And he contributed a lot in how we think of capitalism and is the most effective critique of it. But these conceptions don’t fall in alignment with the historical version of communism and The atrocities it has produced in the last 100 years. Now before you head to the comments storming about how “IT-WASNT-REAL-COMMUNISM!!1”, I understand that argument but since m...
Ever since we were born we're taught what to do and what not to do, whats good and whats bad. And we are taught this in a way that made it looked like a reality, like thats the only way it can be. But as we grow up and see different types of people along different cultures following different religions/beliefs, one can only stop and ask are the moral values we've been taught correct? or even if they aren't how can we tell? Barely 200 years ago public executions were very common in europe (A trend that has been going since the roman gladiators), they were like fairs where hundreds of people would plan to go with their children just to watch a man get beheaded under the mighty blade of the guillotine as a form of entertainment. If a universal good was a thing then wouldn't those people stand up against the authority and fight against these inhuman acts of punishment? Now compare that to society today, in the post modern era we are alot less harsh on crime and capi...