The Communist Manifesto Trivia

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According to Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, displeased with interpretations of his work in France, said, "If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist." (Source.)

Remember Engels, Marx's oft-forgotten collaborator on the Communist Manifesto? He was a wealthy member of the bourgeoisie who financially supported less well-off revolutionaries, and at least one biographer argues that Marx and his wife never accepted Engels as their social equal. (Source.)