Who Was Karl Marx? An Ultramodern Guy We Should Appreciate

#3 He was an icon of Occupy Wall Street

The portrait of Karl Marx | Image by Wikimedia Commons, altered by the author

Karl Marx was an economist who still causes a Red Scare. And no wonder he does. The father of socialism fought for a classless society and workers’ rights. As a result, he spent most of his life in poverty as an immigrant. The price for free thought has always been high.