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However, the detailed written judgment is about more. The court discusses the question of whether the preoccupation with Marxist theory is fundamentally compatible with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). It says: “The active activity of the plaintiff, centered on the theories of Karl Marx, is in principle contrary to the liberal democratic basic order.”

The court found that the works and teachings of Karl Marx were at the centre of the Mash's activities are already clear from the name “Marxist evening school”. A problem because: “The social theory justified by Marx (...) should be in essential respects not compatible with the (...) principles of the liberal democratic basic order.” In the oral sentence in April, the court had not yet stated the point.

The lawyer Ridvan Ciftci, who represented the Mash in court, considers the court's sayings to be negligent. She says that if a group mainly reads Marx, it is in principle anti-constitutional. In the case of the mash, it is only okay because the bunch is insignificant enough and not “actively-fighting”.

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago

It's not like Marx didn't argue for the necessity of revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat. If he was just an economic analyst, he'd probably just be remembered as some transitional figure between Adam Smith and Keynes or something like that.

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