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?
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.