I studied how Marx and Engels founded the social theory that led to the rise of the communist Soviet Union under Lenin and Stalin and the deaths of tens of millions through gulags, starvation, and tyranny; and the rise of Mao and the deaths of hundreds of millions through the more heavily applied theory in gulags, starvation, distrust, betrayal, and tyranny.

To Summarize: Socialism and Communism, boiled down, is that you were not, are not, and will never be responsible for your lifestyle or prosperity because you are being oppressed by someone better off than you, and anyone who believes differently is a brainwashed peon of your oppressor and also your oppressor. Thus, the only way to fix society is by eradicating completely the practice of private property, religion, and family.

Here’s a fascinating quote by Karl Marx, written in the Editorial of Neue Rheinische Zeitung in 1849, “We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.”