https://www.conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Mr+TumnusConservapedia - User contributions [en]2026-10-10T11:16:13ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.14https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Karl_Marx&diff=25725Karl Marx2007-03-11T16:29:04Z<p>Mr Tumnus: </p>
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<div>Karl Marx (1818-1883) founded communism by his book "The Communist Manifesto" (1848), in which he declared, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class [economic] struggles." Marx also popularized the motto of communism : "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." Communism prohibits a full right of private property and in its place attempts to force people to be equal in wealth.<br />
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Marx predicted that the proletariat (working class) would overthrow the wealthy in a capitalistic society, and then establish a new system that would be socialism in its early stage and pure communism in its later stage. Socialism differs from communism in that socialism does not require full equality in result and does not deny all private property. The motto of socialism, in contrast to the motto of communism above, is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." But socialism was considered by Marx to be an early stage of communism.<br />
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Marx was born in Prussia, educated in Germany, and a writer in London. His most famous work in the field of economics was "Das Kapital" ("Capital"), in which he declared economics to be the guiding force of history and that owners pay workers just enough for them to support their families. The value of the goods produced by workers is much more than the wages paid, and this "surplus value" is literally stolen from workers by owners. Owners took this surplus value and perpetuated this unfair system by investing it into more machines and consumption by the wealthy. Inevitably, class struggle by the poor against the rich, and the poor would violently overthrow the rich and end capitalism.<br />
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Marx drew heavily on the ideas of the German philosopher [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]] and collaborated closely with another German philosopher, [[Friedrich Engels]].<br />
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Marx is considered very controversial in religious circles for his view that, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." This is generally used as an expression of atheism and homosexuality.<br />
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[[Category:Sociology]]</div>Mr Tumnushttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Liberal&diff=25724Liberal2007-03-11T16:27:37Z<p>Mr Tumnus: </p>
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<div>'''Liberal''' is a term used to describe a person who generally is left-wing in his attitudes towards the government, establishment, and many other laws. The term was first used in reference to a political opinion c. 1801 A.D., in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when it meant "tending in favor of freedom and democracy" — at that time the liberal party was the party of individual political freedoms.<ref>Etymology [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=liberal]</ref><br />
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"Liberalism" today means the favoring of collectivism or egalitarianism over individual responsibility. Liberals tend to prefer equality in result rather than increased opportunities that can result in unequal results.<br />
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The term "liberal" is used often in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Some examples of liberal beliefs include:<br />
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* gun control<br />
* taxpayer funding of abortion<br />
* prohibiting prayer in school<br />
* equal rights for men and women<br />
* distributing wealth from the rich to the poor<br />
* government programs to rehabilitate criminals<br />
* same-sex marriage<br />
* amnesty for illegal aliens<br />
* teaching of evolution<br />
* increased taxpayer funding of public school<br />
* protection of endangered species<br />
* taxpayer-funded rather than private medical care<br />
* increased power for labor unions<br />
* disarmament treaties<br />
* increased taxes<br />
* dependence on government programs such as welfare<br />
* reduction of millitary expenses<br />
* erosion of traditional american values by using english spellings <br />
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Many of these beliefs come under the term [[socialism]].<br />
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Liberals typically align themselves with the Democratic Party in the United States, and the [[socialist]] Labour Party in Great Britain.<ref>http://www.labour.org.uk/home</ref><br />
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An alternative definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative. For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref><br />
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:Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas ...<br />
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