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the coming of socialism. His theory has been caUed
matenalum,
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abbreviated by the socialists to "diamet
(In an as.de. Dr. M.ses told of visiting a school in Mexico, an "escuela
^ul«u. a Wuhst school." Mises asked the school's M;xican dean
what KKi^m school" meant. The dean explained that Mexican law
required Khools to teach the Darwiman doctrine of evolution and
diaJecacaJ materuhsm.Then he commented on the provision in the law
making this requirement and on the school system itself: "There is a
great difference between the letter of the law and the practice Ninety
percent of the teachers m our schools are female and most of them are
practicing Catholics.")
Marx reasoned from the thesis to the negation of the thesis to the
tifXaiion of the negation. Private ownership of the means of production by
every individual worker was the beginning, the thesis.This was the state of
affairs in a society in which every worker was either an independent
farmer or an anisan who owned the tools with which he was working.
Negation of the f/i«M—ownership under capitalism—when the tools were
no longer owned by the workers, but by the capitalists. Negation of the
negation was ownership of the means of production by the whole society.
Keasoning in this way. Marx said he had discovered the law of historical
evolution. And that is why he called it "scientific socialism."
Marx branded all previous socialists "utopian socialists" because they
tried to point out why socialism was better. They wanted to convince their
fellow citizens to their view because they expected people would adopt
the socialist social system if they were convinced it was better. They were
"Utopians." Marx said, because they tried to describe the future earthly
paradise. Among the forerunners of Marx whom he considered "Utopians"
were Saint-Sinion. a French aristocrat; Robert Owen [1757-1858], a
British manufacturer; and Charles Fourier [1772-1837], a Frenchman
who was without doubt a lunatic. (Fourier was called the "fou [fool] du
Palais- Royal." He used to make such statements as "In the age of socialism,
the ocean will no longer be salt but lemonade.") Marx considered these
three as great forerunners. But, he said, they didn't realize that what they
were saying was just "utopian." They expected the coming of socialism
because of a change in the opinions of the people. But for Marx,
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