Karl Marx, more than any other political philosopher, changed the course of human history with his works, and love him or hate him it is impossible to look through history without seeing the mark he left on it (Reiss, 1: 1997). Through the cold war and his influence on Lenin and Stalin, across China and North Korea, close to home in Cuba, the effects of Marx is everywhere. Though many have said that the age of Marx is dead, and that his theories did not or perhaps never held water, this ignores a crucial fact when it comes to political philosophy (Reiss, 137: 1997). Political philosophy is not set in stone, and their theories are supposed to grow with new information, but even considering that Marx’s writing was still more prescient than the works of other giants in that field. This essay will argue that Marx is not dead, and that his work can still be used to illuminate the world politick better than most historical political theories.…