Answer the Question with a Question (6)

[Yusuphhai]

Didn't Karl Marx believe that his ancestors were animals? And didn't he think humans are just economic animals?

 

[Philip_B]

In essence, Marx's acceptance of evolution was more nuanced and focused on its application to social and economic development rather than a strict biological understanding of the theory. He saw evolution as a powerful force shaping both the natural world and human history, and he incorporated its insights into his own theories of historical materialism and societal progress.​

Do you have any evidence that Karl Marx thought humans were just economic animals?

 

[Yusuphhai]

（Because of his teachings, most Chinese people believe that their ancestors were animals and worship money and power.）
Didn't Marx say that everyone worshiping God is false, and worshiping money and power is true?

 

[Philip_B]

（Because of his teachings, most Chinese people believe that their ancestors were animals and worship money and power.）
Didn't Marx say that everyone worshiping God is false, and worshiping money and power is true?

No, Karl Marx did not state that worshiping money and power is true while worshiping God is false. While he did criticize religion, his argument was not about the truth of different forms of worship. Marx viewed religion as a tool used by the ruling class to keep the working class complacent, a false comfort for the poor, and a distraction from the real issues of social inequality and exploitation. He argued that religion masked the true nature of society and blinded people to their real suffering,

Do you have a reference to support that?

 

[Yusuphhai]

Why doesn't the textbook tell us that Marx participated in Satanism?

(AI search) Marx indeed believed that there was a phenomenon of money worship in capitalist society and criticized capitalism for its essential feature of money. In capitalist society, money has become an existence with twisted magic. It led to the abdication of all objects of worship, including gods, and established the position of money as the "primary value", making the concepts of "everything for money" and "money fetishism" widely prevalent. Marx, in his works such as "On the Jewish Question," examined the issue of Jewish liberation in relation to political and human liberation, revealing the social roots of religion and deeply criticizing the phenomenon of capitalist worship of money and the hypocrisy of human rights in capitalist society.

 

[Chesterton]

Are we having a debate in this nice little game?

 

[lucypevensie]

Is that ok?

 

[Chesterton]

Should we consult the rule book?

 

[lucypevensie]

Do you have a copy of it?

 

[Chesterton]

Are there still such things as books?

 

[lucypevensie]

Don’t you have a bookshelf with books on it?

 

[Chesterton]

Should I get up and go look?

 

[Philip_B]

How could it be a bookshelf if it didn't have books on it?

 

[Chesterton]

Isn't that a bit philosophical? Can a coffee cup be a coffee cup if it doesn't have coffee in it?

 

[lucypevensie]

And if you put cream and sugar in a cup of coffee do you have to call it a coffee-with-cream-and-sugar- in-it cup?

 

[Chesterton]

Did you know that buttercups are actually not good places to put butter?

 

[lucypevensie]

Did you know that buttercups are highly toxic?

 

[Chesterton]

Is it okay to look at them?

 

[RileyG]

Can looking at them poison your eyes?

 

[Chesterton]

Should we start calling them poisoncups?