Marx knew about the thresher yet thought labor contributed all value when a thresher is capital investment multiplying the value of the labor hundreds of times.
Marx created a pseudo-theology in which history comes to an end. His materialism was not rational, it was dialectical. But of course, history only ends when humanity ends. So, Marx envisioned a super-human which he called the socialist new man who would be biologically suited for the communist utopia after history's end. Moreover, he described the final phase of history as a murderous time in which the wealthy would be slaughtered. To hate the rich, or whatever social class is thought to be privileged (men, whites, heterosexuals, etc) is to be "on the right side of history" - the implication being that history is a moral judge. Or, a replacement for God with man having supernatural powers of self-transformation. As a result, neo-Marxians often behave remarkably like religious extremists.
Should be noted that Feuerbach also influenced him quite a lot, not just Hegel!
Marx knew about the thresher yet thought labor contributed all value when a thresher is capital investment multiplying the value of the labor hundreds of times.
Marx created a pseudo-theology in which history comes to an end. His materialism was not rational, it was dialectical. But of course, history only ends when humanity ends. So, Marx envisioned a super-human which he called the socialist new man who would be biologically suited for the communist utopia after history's end. Moreover, he described the final phase of history as a murderous time in which the wealthy would be slaughtered. To hate the rich, or whatever social class is thought to be privileged (men, whites, heterosexuals, etc) is to be "on the right side of history" - the implication being that history is a moral judge. Or, a replacement for God with man having supernatural powers of self-transformation. As a result, neo-Marxians often behave remarkably like religious extremists.
Marx's political science is very ignorant.
Marx may have been more concerned for the unfortunate, but his recipe is extremely harmful.