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> And I take issue with having to be redeemed. I do not need to be redeemed.

Marx thought you did. He thought you needed redeemed from an evil, oppressive economic system. He thought that, by doing so, everything would become wonderful. The point of the quoted words was not that you need to be spiritually redeeded, but that Marx's idea of redemption didn't work because his view of humans was wrong.

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Slight difference. Catholics & the Pope believe that once your born you need to be redeemed. But Marxists, in theory, claim once the oppressive economic system is gone you don't need redeption.

> He thought you needed redeemed from an evil, oppressive economic system.

And now I take issue with your use of pronouns. Marx never knew me, and neither do you.

Can we not be intentionally dense for a second? Obviously Marx wasn't talking about you personally as in whatever identity you (delusionally) think constitutes you. He thought there was some fundamental characteristic common to all human beings, so speaking of you as a generality makes sense within the framework, since as a human you'd have that characteristic.

But I'm pretty sure you knew that, and were just being difficult.

What is this? Reddit comment section? Is it so hard to understand what that sentence means?

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