Karl Marx: The Fourth Marx Brother

Seriously, have you read this guys works? He's hilarious! It's like Anne Coulter, but in the 19th century (and, admittedly, on the other side). For my Soc 101 class, we had to read some of his Communist Manifesto and I quickly discovered the humor of it. I mean, listen to this:

"It compels all nations, on pain of extinction, to adopt the bourgeois mode of production; it compels them to introduce what it calls civilisation into their midst, i.e.e, to become bourgeois themselves. In one word, it creates a world after its own image."

I would tell you what I wrote in the margins next to that, but I want to leave you to think for yourself. It is hilarious though, believe me. I read the whole section we were assigned, and rather quickly derived the gist of the Manifesto from the part I read:

I never knew that
Capitalism skins and
Kills babies for fun


I bet you didn't know that either, did you? Well now you do. According to Marx, capitalism is effectively the incarnation of the devil, and in its free time it enjoys hunting down babies and eating them alive (don't leave your baby carriage unattended on Wall Street). Overall I found Karl to be quite the comedian, and would suggest that you pick up your own copy of the Communist Manifesto if you want to have a good laugh (just make sure that you have a pencil, or else you won't get the chance to write in the margins (that's the best part)).