First, I don’t know where I have to put this kind of question on Lemmy so I’m asking it here. Marx viewed religion as a negative force, often referring to it as the ‘opiate of the masses.’ If someone is religious and also identifies as a Marxist, do you think that’s contradictory, or is it just a matter of mislabeling themselves? Would it be more accurate for them to call themselves a socialist instead of a Marxist?
I find Marxists in general weird. It’s a failed ideology.
Why is this downvoted? Didn’t history prove this enough by now?
what makes it fail in your opinion?
History in general. It’s been so easily twisted and corrupted by the likes of Stalin and Mao. Capitalism has its problems but it’s a lot better and has self corrected for shit like company scrip and no unions. Marxism can’t self correct.