Filmmaker Michael Moore argued Saturday that socialist philosopher Karl Marx had it just about right, and wished him a happy birthday.
“Though the rich have sought to distort him or even use him, time has shown that, in the end, Marx was actually mostly right & that the aristocrats, the slave owners, the bankers and Goldman Sachs were wrong,” Moore tweeted Saturday. He linked to a New York Times op-ed titled, “Happy birthday, Karl Marx. You were right!”
Though the rich have sought to distort him or even use him, time has shown that, in the end, Marx was actually mostly right & that the aristocrats, the slave owners, the bankers and Goldman Sachs were wrong… “Happy Birthday, Karl Marx. You Were Right!” https://t.co/M5LbSBLa32
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 5, 2018
Marxism holds that capitalism only works through the exploitation of the lower classes, and advocates for a society free of any class structure that’s achieved by the absence of private property.
Moore said in other tweets on Saturday that most young Americans “prefer socialism over capitalism,” and said this can be seen in the support that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. a self-described socialist, nearly toppled Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary.
Every poll shows the majority of American youth & young adults prefer socialism over capitalism. Although capitalism is brutally alive & well, the next generations will not tolerate its cruelty & greed. A democratic socialist won nearly half of 2016’s Dem Pres primaries&caucuses!
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 5, 2018
Happy 200th Birthday Karl Marx! You believed that everyone should have a seat at the table & that the greed of the rich would eventually bring us all down. You believed that everyone deserves a slice of the pie. You knew that the super wealthy were out to grab whatever they could
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 5, 2018
