Let's do a comparison of the two philosophers, Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche. We have gone over the views of both men and even had some moments in which the two's different views came to a collision.
Marx is a materialist view and is influenced by Hegel's dialectic: everything is matter. Its design is "historical materialism": the political and social changes occur from changes occurring in the material basis of society, modes of production. For Marx, history is a continuous class struggle which leads to the dictatorship of the working class (proletariat). There's a moment when it is pointed out that the business owner earns more than the producers. This is a realistic view the world we live in today.
Nietzsche believes that morality was received and spawned from a grudge against life. Nietzsche refers to us as value creating animals. In his genealogy of morals, it was stated that at first the noble, the strong, and the beautiful decided what was good and what was bad. As a result of this the poor and the sick were frowned upon. Fed up with constantly being looked down on, the poor revolted and created their own moral guidelines. On top of that, these poor people wanted the strong to stop making themselves appear to be strong. Mostly that the morality was created from the weak as a way to contend with the strong. However to Nietzsche, only the strong survive.
All in all, both philosophers have contradicting viewpoints, but if I had to choose which philosopher I can connect more with it would have to be Marx.
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