Philosophical Perspectives: Drafts 1 & 2

Draft 1:
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
Karl Marx


And while there are many theoretical and practical differences among the various forms of Marxism, most forms of Marxism share:
an attention to the material conditions of people's lives, and social relations among people
a belief that people's consciousness of the conditions of their lives reflects these material conditions and relations
an understanding of class in terms of differing relations of production, and as a particular position within such relations
an understanding of material conditions and social relations as historically malleable
a view of history according to which class struggle, the evolving conflict between classes with opposing interests, structures each historical period and drives historical change
a sympathy for the working class or proletariat
and a belief that the ultimate interests of workers best match those of humanity in general.


Draft 2:

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.
Karl Marx

When Karl Marx stated this, he was saying that his meaning of life was to "dethrone God." Therefore being against religion, and trying to end capitalism and have a socialist socitey.

His meaning is along the same lines as Plato's who once stated

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
Plato