Paradox of Marxism
Paradox of Marxism When the owners take seriously Marx's predictions of mass immiseration and political upheaval, then they enact and fund semi-socialist reforms to buy the loyalty of the masses. This works, and Marx's predictions are negated. But then the owners cease to take Marx's predictions seriously, they cancel and defund those reforms, and Marx's predictions tend to come true. Therefore, from the point of view of the owners, Marx is as true a prophet as he is false.