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>>19521654
> In that letter Marx was just mocking Lassalle for believing in phrenology, and he did so by applying ironically phrenological theory to him.
No, Marx wasn't being le ironic he legit believed in phrenology and he was making an armature phrenological observation (him and Engels were enthusiasts).
> https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1868/letters/68_01_11b.htm
from Wilhelm Liebknecht's "Karl Marx; biographical memoirs":
> Marx endeavored to make sure of his men and to secure them for himself. He was not such a zealous devotee of phrenology as Gustav Struve, but he believed in it to some extent, and when I first met him-I have already mentioned it - he not only examined me with questions,
but also with his fingers, making them dance over my skull in a connoisseur's style. Later on he arranged for a regular investigation by the phrenologist of the party, the good old painter, Karl Pfaender, one of the “ oldest,” who helped to found the Communist Alliance, and was present in that memorable council to whom the Communist Manifesto pras submitted, and by whom it was discussed and accepted in due form.
Marx fucking loved science, despite being too retarded to actually understand it, so ate shit like phrenology up.

btw, the full letter in question here:
> https://marxists.architexturez.net/archive/marx/works/1862/letters/62_07_30a.htm
I don't see how this is a matter of my poor reading comprehension, just seems like you're coping hard bud.


>K, youre blind
No, you are fag. Engels is not "ugly" but the dude's face is fucking bloated. He literally looks like a fucking gamer, lmao.