Marx Rheinische Zeitung editor, defending the poor people

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-03-07

Let's use Marx's "Considerations of Youth in Choosing a Career" as an opening remark:

This was written by Marx when he was 17 years old, and this is exactly what Marx said.

He has been in exile all his life, but his original intention has not changed.

Why should we learn from Marx, he always stood on the side of the people.

Speak for the toiling masses.

From 1830 to 1835, Marx was a student at the Lycée de Trier.

On his way to school, he saw poor people living in simple and crowded alleys and shacks.

The rich, on the other hand, were elaborate and gorgeous, dressed in costumes at the reception.

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.

Marx had a question, why can't the people at the bottom even maintain the most basic food and clothing?

He was puzzled as to why there was such a big contrast between the two.

Ask the mentor, the elder Westphalen.

Twarren did not give him a clear answer, but only offered a French utopian socialist: Saint-Simon.

Since I don't know the answer, let's search for it with this question.

And Marx insisted on this, always speaking for the toiling masses.

Marx was editor of the Rheinische Zeitung (Cologne).

Rheinische Zeitung's former editor, Ruthenburg, was not only a dangerous revolutionary in the eyes of the king, but he was also mediocre and lacking in assertiveness, and the newspaper did not have a clear direction and could not win more subscribers.

In this way, shareholders have turned their eyes to Marx, who is sharp and shrewd.

After some negotiations, Marx arrived in Cologne in mid-October 1842 and became editor of the Rheinische Zeitung, presiding over the entire newspaper. At this time, he was 24 years old.

As editor of the Rheinische Zeitung, Marx paid attention to the poor.

In Prussia, the peasants were very poor.

It is not enough to burn simply by buying firewood.

Pick up dead skills dropped in the forest and use them as firewood.

It's a habit of convention.

Capitalist development has turned forests, land and public land into private property.

Everything has changed, and the peasants are no longer qualified to pick up dead branches.

Prussian winters were cold and long.

The peasants could only take advantage of the darkness of the night to pick up some dead branches and wild fruits.

But will the capitalists give up?

In 1836 alone, of the 200,000 criminal cases brought before the Prussian courts, 150,000 were for theft of wood, encroachment on pastures and private hunting, accounting for three-quarters of all criminal cases.

Notice that this is a public judgment.

In private, in order to protect their own interests, the capitalists will only be more barbaric.

After all, even the law is on the side of the capitalists.

Here it is explained that in 1841 the Rhine Provincial Council. The Timber Theft Act was passed.

In other words, anyone who cuts down trees or even picks up dead branches without the permission of the owner of the land and forest is guilty of theft.

Now, all the public land and forests have become private property.

What do farmers do?

There's really no way to live.

The benevolent capitalists don't think about these things, and a steady stream of money is pouring in on them.

Marx clearly sided with the poor peasants and took responsibility for defending them.

From the "temple of philosophy" to the "solid foundation".

The Debate on the Law of Timber Theft was born.

Starting from "the nature of the law of things", Marx loudly declares that "we demand customary law for the poor".

He pointed out that the customary rights of the poor arose from the uncertainty of certain property in the Middle Ages, i.e., it was not possible to determine whether such property was public or private.

The poor class instinctively grasps this uncertainty of property and finds its right in its own activities, as is the case with the act of picking up dead branches.

From this point of view, Marx opposed the deprivation of the people's right to be right.

This law is the greatest lawlessness.

The area along the Moselle River is a rich area with lush forests and abundant soil and water.

It is rich in high-quality grapes and is famous for its wines.

And the local people work hard.

But everything is worse.

In debt, the house was sold, and it was reduced to the destitute class.

The local ** ignores it, and even increases various taxes and harsh policies.

Under the leadership of Marx, Rheinische Zeitung's reporters spoke out and exposed the scandals of the Moselle in public.

The report exposed the tragic life of the people of the Moselle region, denounced the inaction of the upper classes, called them "vampires", and expressed the deepest sympathy for the poor.

The fig leaf on the Doge of Moselle was removed, and he was naturally annoyed.

He ran to the "Rheinische Zeitung" to ask the reporter about the crime, and questioned the reporter in person: "Bring out the evidence!" Who exactly is a "vampire"? Where are the people being oppressed and suffering?

If the governor asks for it, then our young Marx will naturally come up with evidence.

Marx searched for a lot of local folk materials and official documents.

The Defense of the Moselle Journalists is Marx's long commentary on the event.

In the article, Marx attacked the ugly society more violently and bolder than before.

The whole article runs through the idea that the reason why the people are poor and no one cares about it is not because of the quality of individual people, and even if they are loyal to their duties, they cannot change the basic situation. The root cause of all this lies in that general system.

The following is a short excerpt from Marx's article:

Prussia**, pyramid structure power.

The subordinates are absolutely subordinate to the superiors, and the rulers are wise.

The people at the bottom are unenlightened and passive.

Under such a governance structure, the bureaucracy does not pay attention to the poverty of the people at the bottom.

There are some people who love the people and are relatively honest, but they will only attribute it to external factors such as environment and geography.

And not the bureaucracy itself.

Marx's article exposes the real situation of the local people, what caused the local people to be poor, and also led the people to revolution.

Prussia panicked and banned the press.

In April 1842, he wrote for the Rheinische Zeitung.

In mid-October 1842, editor of the Rheinische Zeitung.

On March 17, 1843, he retired from the editorial office of the Rheinische Zeitung.

After less than half a year as editor, Marx was about to go into exile.

These are also the two reports that Marx wrote for the toiling masses as editor.

Just like Confucius, he traveled around the world.

Tired like a lost dog.

They are so real, so real that there is no place for them in the world.

Speak out, expose the origin law of the world.

In exile, the light of the spirit shines brighter ......

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