Yet Darwin's theory very accurately describes the biological domain to which it is applicable, but Marx's theory is very inaccurate regarding the historical domain. Additionally, evolution as applied has no moral framework, while communism as applied is itself a moral framework.
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All subsequent violence and war supposedly inspired by evolution was caused by the inapropriate construction a moral framework around the theory. Violence and war supposedly inspired by communism was caused by the moral framework that is itself communism.
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Replying to @M_Methuselah @Supreme_Owl_FTW
Marx' idea of intrinsic crisis in capitalism was basically correct. He had no way of foreseeing the horrors of stalinism.
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Marx did not think that communism would happen through gulags, but through efficiency gains and resulting unemployment and market collapse.
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Communism is not a framework in which Bolsheviks kill kulaks, but the idea of a post labor economy with communally owned means of production
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According to Marx, communism would happen after and in response to the inevitable failure of capitalism, not in competition to it
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Replying to @Plinz @Supreme_Owl_FTW
That's just another way to say he was wrong. It's also not entirely correct. Marx advocated for stripping the rights of the bourgeoisie class. Even if he thought that it would happen in a non-violent way, there is no reason to not resort to violence under that moral framework.
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Replying to @M_Methuselah @Supreme_Owl_FTW
Would you say that it is morally ok if an aristocracy owns most of the resources and forces an impoverished majority to work for them?
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If resources are allocated in a way that leads to bad societal outcomes, it could make sense to change property rights, no?
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Replying to @Plinz @Supreme_Owl_FTW
And this is exactly what I was referring to when I called Marx's theory a moral framework. The fact that it is a moral framework is precisely why it is so easy to interpret as a justification for violence.
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Attempts to understand history as a struggle of large groups of bad people against large groups of good people will usually fall a bit short
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