Marx and Engels

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    1. Csaba1981 (78 months ago | reply)

      Wow! I like this photo, because it looks like their hands are bloody(hehe)

    2. Tolka Rover (78 months ago | reply)

      Ha. An interesting political interpretation of the photo. I was actually trying to emphasise the flowers on this statue in East Berlin to show that Marx still has some supporters there.

      I manipulated the image a bit to desaturate all the colours except red which I made more saturated. My intent was to make the flowers stand out more, but there was a little redness in the reflections of the hands which also became amplified.

      The original is:
      Reconstructed Marxists

    3. Csaba1981 (78 months ago | reply)

      Well, its a great photo, although i dont like these guys :)

    4. Tolka Rover (78 months ago | reply)

      It is certainly true that these guys were the inspiration of many things that were very bad for Hungary. So your feelings as a Hungarian are very well justified.

      I assume also, that despite the flowers, most people in East Germany feel the same.

      Personally I think that in the context of their time in the mid 1800's Marx and Engels had some worthwhile things to say, despite their being totally wrong about some things like the historical inevitablility of the end of capitalism in the West. And of course as a democrat I totally abhor the tyrannical methods of their followers.

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    6. Csaba1981 (78 months ago | reply)

      I agree. The seeds of tyranny was in their philosophy. Anyways, Marx wanted to be a dictator and not a philosopher.

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      Vchera added this photo to his favorites. (63 months ago)

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