Marx claimed to champion “the working class,” but his message has carried greatest appeal in the West to the well-off students and academics. — Ilya B Shambat
When higher education is unaffordable and the primary educational system is weak, the bulk of the population lacks the knowledge that it needs to make informed political and personal decisions. — Ilya B Shambat
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free [democratic] people. — Thomas Jefferson
Democracy is the road to socialism. — Karl Marx
I expect both to remain vastly influential — Ilya B Shambat
The businessman is not a thief; he is someone who gets things done. And religion is not “the opium for the masses.” — Ilya B Shambat
There are more Marxists among the “elites” than there are among the “masses”; and there are more conservative people among the “masses” than there are among the “elites.” — Ilya B Shambat
The businessman is not a thief; he is someone who gets things done. And religion is not “the opium for the masses.” — Ilya B Shambat
Marxists claim to speak for the working classes, but so do Christian and Islamic fundamentalists. — Ilya B Shambat
In America, we see a phenomenon that inverts the claims of Karl Marx. There are more Marxists among the “elites” than there are among the “masses”; and there are more conservative people among the “masses” than there are among the “elites.” — Ilya B Shambat
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