The Karl Marx MasterCard

[mickeyd]

One wonders if Marx would have had a MC account. In today's world, why not?

via Sparkasse Chemnitz The Karl Marx credit card.


The German bank Sparkasse Chemnitz recently launched a Karl Marx credit card. The bank let people vote online for 10 different images, and Marx was the "very clear winner," beating out a palace, a castle and a racetrack, among others. Reuters has more on the story.

The card, obviously, needs a tagline.

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The Karl Marx MasterCard Is Here. It Needs A Tagline. : Planet Money : NPR

 

[GrayHare]

"KHM Fix Everything!"

 

[M Paquette]

This is surprising to me. I always thought of Karl Marx as more of a Discover Card type.

Now Zeppo Marx,, on the other hand...

 

[Meadbh]

Credit: the opium of the masses.

 

[Gumby]

Credit: the opium of the masses.

We have a winner!

 

[BigNick]

What I was expecting to see in the article, but didn't, is that when Chemnitz was part of the German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany), it was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt.

Marx wasn't such a bad guy, and modern Marxists sometimes have something interesting to tell us (especially now that they can pretend that they never really supported the Soviet empire ).

 

[clifp]

Credit: the opium of the masses.

Yes a definite winner.

 

[Onward]

"Accepted at millions of filthy bourgeoisie establishments worldwide"