Comments on: The George Foreman Of The 19th Century http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/ Where old blogs die, come back to life, and then die again Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:22:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Lorelei http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1663 Lorelei Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:32:41 +0000 http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1663 Ah. So Marx was fakin' it til he made it, like Jane Austen. And we're missing a dead baby in that list. Ah. So Marx was fakin’ it til he made it, like Jane Austen. And we’re missing a dead baby in that list.

]]> By: Troeltsch http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1661 Troeltsch Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:19:11 +0000 http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1661 FWIW, here's what wikipedia has to say on the issue of Marx's wealth: During the first half of the 1850s the Marx family lived in poverty and constant fear of creditors in a three room flat on Dean Street in the Soho quarter of London. Marx and Jenny already had four children and three more were to follow. Of these only three survived to adulthood. Marx's major source of income at this time was Engels, who was drawing a steadily increasing income from the family business in Manchester. This was supplemented by weekly articles written as a foreign correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune. Inheritances from one of Jenny's uncles and her mother who died in 1856 allowed the family to move to somewhat more salubrious lodgings at 9 Grafton Terrace, Kentish Town a new suburb on the then-outskirts of London. Marx generally lived a hand-to-mouth existence, forever at the limits of his resources, although this did extend to some spending on relatively bourgeois luxuries, which he felt were necessities for his wife and children given their social status and the mores of the time. FWIW, here’s what wikipedia has to say on the issue of Marx’s wealth:

During the first half of the 1850s the Marx family lived in poverty and constant fear of creditors in a three room flat on Dean Street in the Soho quarter of London. Marx and Jenny already had four children and three more were to follow. Of these only three survived to adulthood. Marx’s major source of income at this time was Engels, who was drawing a steadily increasing income from the family business in Manchester. This was supplemented by weekly articles written as a foreign correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune. Inheritances from one of Jenny’s uncles and her mother who died in 1856 allowed the family to move to somewhat more salubrious lodgings at 9 Grafton Terrace, Kentish Town a new suburb on the then-outskirts of London. Marx generally lived a hand-to-mouth existence, forever at the limits of his resources, although this did extend to some spending on relatively bourgeois luxuries, which he felt were necessities for his wife and children given their social status and the mores of the time.

]]> By: Lorelei http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1658 Lorelei Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:11:42 +0000 http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1658 Well, I wasn't sure, because after all, he had enough spare time to write a book. And I figured googling something like "Karl Marx wealth" wasn't going to clear it up. I don't think Hillary Clinton is really the candidate of the working class, although she does seem to have convinced unions that she is. Well, I wasn’t sure, because after all, he had enough spare time to write a book. And I figured googling something like “Karl Marx wealth” wasn’t going to clear it up.

I don’t think Hillary Clinton is really the candidate of the working class, although she does seem to have convinced unions that she is.

]]> By: DoorFrame http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1657 DoorFrame Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:55:06 +0000 http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1657 He’s not upper class! He’s KARL MARX; Karl Marx is a working man. He wasn’t some rich guy with insurance. He’d be voting for Hillary Clinton in ’08. Or Ron Paul. He’s not upper class! He’s KARL MARX; Karl Marx is a working man. He wasn’t some rich guy with insurance. He’d be voting for Hillary Clinton in ’08. Or Ron Paul.

]]> By: Lorelei http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1654 Lorelei Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:24:38 +0000 http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/25/the-george-foreman-of-the-19th-century/#comment-1654 I'm a little surprised to see that infant mortality was still so high among reasonably well-off people (?) in 1840s Europe. I’m a little surprised to see that infant mortality was still so high among reasonably well-off people (?) in 1840s Europe.

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