Marx is still relevant

From May 5, 1818 to May 5, 2018 - yes, Karl Marx, had he been alive, would have been 200 years old! He is still relevant, because Marxism is very much alive and kicking in welfare states in the Scandinavian region.    

Even the United States, the bastion of free market capitalism, cannot deny the influence of Marxism in some of its most celebrated programmes such as subsidised or free health care, education and allowance for the unemployed.

A welfare state that ensures individual freedom and at the same time guarantees his or her social security is synthesis of the thesis of capitalism and antithesis of socialism. 

It will indeed be a heaven on earth if we can translate the words of Karl Marx—“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”—into action.

Sujit De, By e-mail