Obviously this was made by a leftist because we always joke about this, but on a similar note it's funny how right-wingers will use Marx mooching off Engels as some sort of own when it's like no shit the guy challenging capitalism is going to be treated poorly by capitalism

[–] Letztertod@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And Engels was happy to fund anything Marx wanted to pursue, Engels poured entirety of his wealth (nearly 10 million dollars today) into the communist cause and kept contributing intellectually until his death.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Their friendship sounds like it was actually really sweet

[–] Letztertod@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Must have been in all honesty

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

plus he was the friend with cash, he can share a few bucks