10-27-2011, 11:31 AM
(10-27-2011, 06:21 AM)FireIceTalon Wrote: Communism was a reaction to the evils of capitalism and social darwinism of the Industrial Revolution.
Industrial revolution: 1750-1850, approx.
Publication of the Origin of Species: 1859.
Publication of the Communist Manifesto: 1848.
Kind of tough to make that argument work. Whatever Marx was reacting to, it wasn't Social Darwinism... unless Marx is just an alias for The Doctor.
-Jester