Ideologies / Classical Marxist / Paul Lafargue
§ The minds · 1842–1911 · France / Cuba · Writer & socialist
Paul Lafargue
The right to be lazy
Marxism with wit and leisure.
Economic−90
SocialistMarket
Governance−46
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+60
TraditionalProgressive
Marx's son-in-law, whose satirical 'The Right to Be Lazy' argued that socialism should free humanity from the worship of labour — a strikingly modern note in classical Marxism.
social
Provocative progressive who mocked the 'cult of work.'
economic
Common ownership — and the liberation of time from toil.
governance
Democratic socialist agitator.
Notable for
- 'The Right to Be Lazy'
- Founded French Marxism with Guesde
- Anti-work polemic
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