Posers

In further preparation for the upcoming '60s event I read the Communist Manifesto. I had learned that the people who participated in the debate "Students in Revolt" seemed to have Marxist leanings, so I thought I should read some Marx.

And I can't help but kind of laugh about the university students acting like they can relate to the plight of the industrial proletariat. There is an entire section of the Manifesto dedicated to describing Socialist groups who aren't true Communists. Posers, if you will. None of the groups described are actually made up of the proletariat, which makes me think Marx doesn't think you can really be a Communist without being a proletarian. These students of the '60s who seem to idolize Marx (they took a picture by his grave after the debate) are surely middle class.

I wonder if anyone saw the irony.