…of course plays an incredibly important part in the history of the 19th century, and it's interesting to see that Karl Marx, who was after all a man of extraordinary intelligence and ability, seems to have greatly underestimated the power of nationalism.…

…built up a kind of idealistic theology of nationalism but who at any rate saw the enormous power latent in these ideas. Marx seems really to have supposed that national patriotism would very soon be replaced by class patriotism well history has shown that…

…means without any inhibition at all. This is due to the fact, I think, to its to its ideological background both Karl Marx and Engels and especially Engels were passionately passionate believers in technique and this has been sort of built into the the…

…state. and that new religions like communism are also used in the service of this great national idolatry. I mean, actually Karl Marx would have made a grave mistake in underrating nationalism. He seems to have imagined that under the influence of socialist…