
For those who don’t
know what Marxism is, it is the political, social, and economic theory that we are all equals, living in a communist society, where there should be no social classes or an apparent divide between people. Karl Marx the creator of Marxism was oppose to capital punishment as am I. Capital punishment also known as the death penalty has been abolished in many countries worldwide including Canada. Many consider the states ability to execute someone as the result of
committing a crime to be inhumane. Not to mention it is a breach of the
Canadian charter of rights section 7 where it states, “everyone’s right to life is enshrined”. Nonetheless it seems to be a breach of rights
worldwide. So the real question is why do 57 countries worldwide still
have the ability to sentence someone to their death?

This is a controversial topic; most people have
already formed an opinion on. Some may consider the use of up to three lethal injections to paralyze and then stop the inmate’s heart or the method of hanging
and snapping the inmate’s neck to be inhumane. Other people also see capital
punishment as deserving or view the topic as an “an eye for an eye” type thing. Social media shows that about half the people agree
with the view of Marx, that it goes against the idea of communism and all being
equals, the other half would disagree and state that capital punishment is
justified. That’s the problem with this debate, that either side can be
justified in some sort of way. The question is what’s more important: the power
between classes or what people believe is justice?

Although, Marxism has proved to be a flawed theory
(most of the world is capitalist) his theory is proven to be correct in terms
of capital punishment and its relation to class structure. The fact that
someone can have the power to sentence you to your death goes against most
people religious beliefs, Marx’s ideology on social classes, and the idea of
communism. Bottom line is that the theory of Marxism was that everyone is equal
in a just society and that communism would create a utopian state in which
every person would have the same rights and economic status. There would be no
poor, no rich, just a well to do middle class. Despite, some believing capital
punishment is inhumane the real and underlying problem is the problem of class inequality in which capital punishment creates. I think that the issue is that we are not all equals when it comes to the death penalty and I don't think that is morally correct.