The Marxist analysis of history

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In among the Christmas cards, we received an invitation to a 70th birthday party, which promises, among other pleasures, a non-stop showing of Marx Brothers films to illustrate the main themes of the birthday boy's life:

A Day at the Races (chance and luck), Duck Soup (politics and war), Horse Feathers (academic life), Go West (travel by land) Monkey Business (travel by sea), Animal Crackers (the High Life), At the Circus (higher life) and A Night at the Opera (culture).

Neat, eh?