The Devil and Karl Marx — Jordan Peterson with Paul Kengor

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in-person with author, historian, and professor of political science, Dr. Paul Kengor. They discuss the lifestyle, writings, and religious ideations of Karl Marx, how communist dogma evolved through modern day, and why equal outcome is wrong on the level of malevolence.

Paul Kengor, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and editor of The American Spectator. He’s a New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books, including “The Devil and Karl Marx” and “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism,” which is the basis of the new movie “Reagan,” starring Dennis Quaid. Kengor is a renowned historian of the Cold War, communism, and Reagan presidency.

This episode was recorded on June 7th, 2024.

(0:00) Coming up
(0:26) Intro
(2:16) The Devil and Karl Marx
(4:08) The dark poetry of Karl Marx
(7:43) Goethe’s Faust, Mephistopheles and anti-being
(16:47) How Marx lived: disorder and disgust
(18:52) Marx’s nursemaid, to refuse your own child
(23:27) Marx wouldn’t bathe: boils and rage
(25:30)The Communist Manifesto
(28:33) Slogans over substance
(29:55) Why was an atheist writing about Satan?
(35:59) Marx’s ethnicity and early religion, how this influenced his work
(37:59) Why did the biographers ignore Marx’s poetry and faith?
(39:14) Why and when did Marx become an atheist? Professor Bruno Bauer
(47:03) How Marx was described by those who knew him
(51:40) Was Karl Marx a Satanist?
(58:41) Presentism and the arrogance of Leftism
(1:12:00) Religion is not the opiate of the masses
(1:19:12) Dostoevsky, the fundamental flaw with communism
(1:21:11) Modern Marxism: far from economics
(1:24:59) Cain and Abel: the first victim/victimizer narrative
(1:32:21) How deep has the communist infiltration gone?