Historical Connection

Your substantive post must do three things: Answer one of the discussion questions listed below in the format provided, Be at least 250-300 words long, Cites the relevant texts at least twice, using direct quotes. Questions (pick one!): Historical Connection. As discussed, many elements of Marxism are taken from classical republicanism, and others have some similarities to civic republicanism. Pick ONE key similarity between Marxism and either liberalism or civic republicanism and explain the connection.  What not to Argue. Themed from the What not to Wear television show, try to find a weak anti-Marx argument and explain why it you rate this particular criticism as weak, proving both textual and empirical evidence where necessary.  Extend Marx. Try to apply the ideas of Marxism to a social or political problem, in terms of three things: empirical explanation, normative evaluation, and claim-making conclusion. For example, discuss Marxism and feminism, brainstorming how Marxism would approach explaining unequal treatment based on gender or sex (we’ll discuss this later, btw), what elements of this treatment they would think is problematic (unequal treatment may not always be wrong!), and what kind of ought statement in the form of a Marxist claim could we make?   Cut and paste the following format into your response: Question name: (Historical Connection, What not to Argue, Extend Marx). Premise:  (Here first use your own words to describe an assumption or premise in the argument you are discussing, and provide appropriate direct citations from the course reading).  Answer: (Here use the tools of informal logic and textual analysis to answer the question – this should be about 80% of your post).