First, I don’t know where I have to put this kind of question on Lemmy so I’m asking it here. Marx viewed religion as a negative force, often referring to it as the ‘opiate of the masses.’ If someone is religious and also identifies as a Marxist, do you think that’s contradictory, or is it just a matter of mislabeling themselves? Would it be more accurate for them to call themselves a socialist instead of a Marxist?
A religious Marxist is a contradiction as Marxism seeks to do away with religion entirely
this is what i was thinking about exactly
Although, you may still be a communist without necessarily being a Marxist. Marxism is the ideas of Marx (which can be anything) while communism is the economic aspect.