Who was Karl Marx?

Summary

Karl Marx was a German philosopher, writer, and economist. Marx’s ideas and philosophy would lead to the rise of some of the most brutal and cruel places on Earth for humans to live. There is no example of a Marxist society that ends well for its people. Dictators, following the ideology of Karl Marx, have left by some estimates, over 100 million people dead. Mao’s China, Marxism-Leninism of the Soviet Union, National Socialism of Nazi Germany, and many other attempts in places such as North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela have resulted in mass death, loss of freedom, repression, loss of property, and criminalization of economic activity. Even after such cruel history and evidence of failure, if one were to still believe in such a system, that person would be fooled by anything.