Oh the caustic remark ! The tomb of Karl Marx , the anti - capitalist author - philosopher best know forThe Communist Manifesto , has a £ 4 ( about $ 6 ) entering fee .
Marx , despite being passing vital of individual belongings , purchased a plot in the privately - possess Highgate Cemetery in London , according to a recentarticle inThe Wall Street Journal .
Though visitant to Marx ’s tomb are often surprised and distressed by the fee — one 24 - year - old Marxist toldThe Wall Street Journal , “ There are no depths of irony , or risky taste , to which capitalist wo n’t sink if they think they can make money out of it”—the brotherly love responsible for the cemetery ’s upkeep sees thing a little otherwise . They say the fee help them maintain the burial ground , which shelter not only Marx ’s remains , but those of 170,000 others .
Over the years , Marx ’s tomb has been the site of a good muckle of argument : Chico supporters , of course , protest the entrance fee , but the brotherly love , holler Friends of Highgate Cemetery , seems to receive the promotion that comes with a bit of outrage . According toThe Atlantic , the burying ground ’s chapel service used to sell soft touch and mailing-card with Marx ’s typeface on them ; around two tenner ago , the Friends of Highgate also let an Italian manner brand do a photoshoot on Marx ’s grave .
Though some of the action of the Friends of Highgate have drawn Marxist ire over the years , not all Marx supporters are critical of their entry fee policy . Alex Gordon , chairman of trustees of the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School , toldThe Wall Street Journal , “ Marx believed that labor should be rewarded , he did n’t believe that you could reach a classless lodge simply by refusing to pay up for thing . ”
[ h / t : The Wall Street Journal ]
