Marx in Soho
Marx in Soho is an interesting, amusing & informative play. I have however, noticed some discrepancies between the actual Marx & Zinn's Marx. The Marx that Zinn created appeals to people's sense of justice & morality. Such appeals are notable in their absence in Marx's actual writing. The actual Marx appealed purely to logic & economic science, even going on to say that communism would abolish morality.
Marx is, in this sense, very Nietzschean. Communism is described as a system that would go beyond morality. This is not very different from Nietzsche's ubermensch, who is described as following neither master nor slave morality, but rather puts himself above morality altogether. Marx's perception of morality as something determined my material conditions & changing with class struggle is almost the same as Nietzsche's thesis (as explained in the first treatise of On the Genealogy of Morality) that morality is determined by whoever is in charge, until a slave revolt in morality takes place.
Marx is, in this sense, very Nietzschean. Communism is described as a system that would go beyond morality. This is not very different from Nietzsche's ubermensch, who is described as following neither master nor slave morality, but rather puts himself above morality altogether. Marx's perception of morality as something determined my material conditions & changing with class struggle is almost the same as Nietzsche's thesis (as explained in the first treatise of On the Genealogy of Morality) that morality is determined by whoever is in charge, until a slave revolt in morality takes place.