Sharks Eat Bear posted:

Here’s my crack, I’m not at all an expert or well-educated source. Definitely open to hear the thread’s input on what I’m getting wrong too

Marxism is a criticism of capitalism, that hinges on pointing out the fundamentally exploitative relationship between capital and labor. The more labor is devalued and weakened, the more successful and powerful capitalists can be. Even though it is a 19th century theory, a lot of today’s ills are explainable by this dynamic: income/wealth inequality, continued exploitation of colonized nations, union membership eroding, environmental destruction, etc. Marxism says that this makes capitalism unsustainable because labor can’t be indefinitely devalued, and that capitalism should be replaced by an economic model where workers own businesses.