Communism/Liberalism REALLY is a Mental Disorder

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Marx's erupting skin may have influenced writings

 

Tue Oct 30, 9:02 AM ET

 

Karl Marx, who complained of excruciating boils, actually suffered from a chronic skin disease with known psychological effects that may well have influenced his writings, a British expert said on Tuesday.

 

Sam Shuster, professor of dermatology at the University of East Anglia, believes the revolutionary thinker had hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in which the apocrine sweat glands -- found mainly in the armpits and groin -- become blocked and inflamed.

 

"In addition to reducing his ability to work, which contributed to his depressing poverty, hidradenitis greatly reduced his self-esteem," said Shuster, who published his findings in the British Journal of Dermatology.

 

"This explains his self-loathing and alienation, a response reflected by the alienation Marx developed in his writing."

 

While HS is linked to boil-like lumps, the painful condition also causes more widespread infection, swelling, skin thickening and scarring.

 

It could also explain a number of Marx's other complaints, not previously linked, such as joint pain and a painful eye condition which often stopped him working.

 

Shuster based his diagnosis on an analysis of Marx's extensive correspondence, in which he wrote to friends about his health and described his skin lesions as "curs" and "swine."

 

"The bourgeoisie will remember my carbuncles until their dying day," Marx told Friedrich Engels in a letter from 1867.

 

Marx, who died in 1883, was one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century and his radical writings formed the basis of modern communism.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/sc_nm/...knWueoQwOME1vAI

[kutulu 1,681]

Was also the least funny of the brothers.

[gocolts 300]

It is not just some catchphrase. Liberalism is a mental disorder. A doctor once confirmed this for me.

[piget 0]

Based on my experience it is more a lack of maturity, but I can see the mental illness factor. Sad,just sad.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

It is not just some catchphrase. Liberalism is a mental disorder. A doctor once confirmed this for me.

I think that you may have got it mixed up, dolts. The doctor did not say to you, "Liberalism is a mental disorder". He said, "Little man, you have a mental disorder".

 

You should get that checked out

[piget 0]

I think that you may have got it mixed up, dolts. The doctor did not say to you, "Liberalism is a mental disorder". He said, "Little man, you have a mental disorder".

 

You should get that checked out

 

You might want to get your "thinker" repaired. HTH.

[gocolts 300]

I think that you may have got it mixed up, dolts. The doctor did not say to you, "Liberalism is a mental disorder". He said, "Little man, you have a mental disorder".

 

You should get that checked out

Nope. I even repeated it to him to make sure I wasn't getting it wrong.

[BringBackBernie 0]

GoColts agrees with you. Enough said.

[Flashover 0]

It is not just some catchphrase. Liberalism is a mental disorder. A doctor once confirmed this for me.

 

Did he also tell you that you're just going through a phase and that you'll eventually start liking women?

[Flashover 0]

GoColts agrees with you. Enough said.

 

[Angry White Male 0]

This is true. They are craaaaazy. Just look at all the nonsensical threads they post in here.

[squistion 2,227]

You know somebody has nothing else to do and a lot of free time on their hands when they bump a 17 year old dormant thread. 

[HellToupee 1,825]

3 minutes ago, squistion said:

You know somebody has nothing else to do and a lot of free time on their hands when they bump a 17 year old dormant thread.