Desmond Mallikarachchi
Former Head & Professor
Department of Philosophy & Psychology,
University of Peradeniya
This article, written as a tribute to that great materialist thinker Karl Marx on his 128th death anniversary, is intended to show very briefly how sharply he prophesied, as far back as 1860s, the downfall of capitalism. We witness today what Marx predicted a century and half ago in his monumental work Capital. When millions of people abhor Marx, characterising him as a monster, there are yet millions of others who dearly embrace and candidly venerate him as their God, Jehovah, Brahma, Mazda, Allah, and the Buddha. In an opinion poll conducted in Europe at the turn of the 2nd millennium it was Marx who had been elected as the greatest thinker of the 20th century. A few years back, thousands of Radio 4 listeners of England also elected Marx as their favourite thinker. Even today Karl Marx’s reputation as one of the most influential thinkers of all time is unassailable. The main reason for the admiration is his accurate analysis of capitalism and his predictions of its eventual demise
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