Why do most Americans, even educated ones equate Karl Marx with "evil" in their minds?

Question

I wonder whether any of them have an idea of what he was really about.

Answer 1

Ther are lots of educated "Americans" who do not think of Karl Marx as being evil.

I am one of them.

Marx, like myself and many others, believed that people were the most important resource.  Unfortunately Marx underestimated the issues associated with human elitism,  greed and selfishness that ultimately destroy his idea of utopia.

Answer 2

Probably not.  Americans have been brainwashed since the 50's to believe anything remotely associated with communism must be evil, without having a clue what the real facts are.  It doesn't help that their esducation system is blinkered and inward-looking.

Answer 3

The word "educated" and "American" is a contradiction. No Yankee is educated and they will never attain any sort of sense or intelligence and are forever doomed to dark ignorance.

For Gods sake, their country is run by the biggest r****d in history. A country is judged by its leaders. Need I say more.

Answer 4

The train of thought goes something like this.Marx gave the world Communism.Communism gave the world Stalin, Mao etc.These people gave the world total state control of everything and as such were oppressive atheistic dictatorships.Even closer to home they had Castro in their back yard.Apart from anything else the Cuban Missile Crisis didn't exactly help them get along.    

Answer 5

The American ethic is to get rich at all costs.  Ideas that go against that, such as socialism, communism, Catholicism and even a welfare state are anathema.

Answer 6

I love your question!

If you ask that you already have the answer

Answer 7

Well, Marx would have explained it as being part of the dominant ideology that indoctrinates the masses. Clearly Marxism not such a good thing for the Bourgeoisie and so all the institutions of the Superstructure are geared towards selling Marxism as sheer madness...no more so than in USA. You can't really blame Americans who grow up in an ultra capitalist culture for not knowing about Marx, I doubt it's a high priority on their curriculum.Even in Europe, you still have to seek out Marx to learn about him.

And what with the old Russians and Chinese et al implementing a far from authentic brand of communism, it's not hard to see why Communism = Evil for most people.  

Answer 8

Because that is how their educational system works!It has a tunnel vision approach to education!Anything that is not American orientated is classed as taboo! At one time!It was the British that was the 'bogey man' Why?

Just because the British and Canadians 'duffed' them up on August 24th,1814 at Bladensburg fields and forced the  unconditional surrender of American General Winder!

Answer 9

Stalin ran one of the most evil  government that has ever existed and except for those who have studied political philosophy in college  most people equate  Marx with him. Being educated today means learning how to get a good job, not the broad general knowledge that  use to be required by colleges

Answer 10

Not evil but misguided. His major flaw with his theory of communism was not taking into account human nature.