Marx’s ‘Evil Philosophy’: MP Scheer Marks Communist Leader’s Birthday by Noting His Poor Personal Finances

Marx’s ‘Evil Philosophy’: MP Scheer Marks Communist Leader’s Birthday by Noting His Poor Personal Finances
A statue of Karl Marx is seen in the building of the Corvinus University in Budapest on Sept. 4, 2014. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images
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Former Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer marked the birthday of economist and political philosopher Karl Marx by denouncing his “evil philosophy” and citing a book on Mr. Marx’s life in which his mother was quoted as wanting her son to make money, rather than write about it.

Mr. Scheer observed the birthday of the German-born philosopher on social media May 5, saying, “It’s Marx’s birthday. This page, from a biography, is a metaphor for governments (like Trudeau’s) inspired by Marx.”