Workers of the World Unite! And Cheer For the Wisconsin Badgers?

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According to legend the Assyrian Prince Trebeta founded the German city of Trier around 2000 B.C..   Considering a small vocal minority believe that the earth came to existence at about 8000 B.C. the accelerated evolution of unicellular organisms to primates capable of constructing a city even in just over 6000 years is incredibly remarkable.  The city is probably most famous as the marching destination of over 60,000 British POWs in WW2; this is contrary to the fact that it is the birthplace of arguably the most prolific and debated gray bearded economic philosopher since we distanced ourselves evolutionarily from the chimpanzee:  Karl Marx.

Born in 1818 Marx was relatively unknown while he lived.  He had trouble holding a job and subjected his wife and children to a life of poverty.  Besides writing treatises against the accumulation of private capital, he battled alcohol addiction, abused his wife, and hated Jews.  I only point this out because most critics spend hours critiquing Marx the person, not Marx’s ideas.  I find that lazy.   However, to his credit he never killed anyone.  This is an odd statement.  Most people aren’t praised for not killing people, but I feel the need to point this out because the name “Karl Marx” has devolved into a synonym for oppression and violence (However, the same can not be said for his followers).  Contrary to public perception Marx wasn’t an evil dictator hell bent on domination, rather just a pathetic old man who had some radical views about the world’s economic systems.

The Manifesto of Bo Ryan

146 years after the birth of a capital hating philosopher a baby boy was born in Pennsylvania to a basketball coached named Butch Ryan.  Sixty-two years later his son, Bo, would have a career coaching record of 600-185, the second highest winning percentage of all active coaches, 3 regular season Big Ten titles, 2 Big Ten tournament titles, 3 Big Ten coach of the year awards, numerous post season appearances and four Division 3 national titles- All by inadvertently following the principles laid forth by the world’s most infamous thinker.