You pay £10 to see Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetary, but Adam Smith’s grave is free. The irony is hard to ignore

Social media platforms like Facebook, X, Bluesky, TikTok and others have good and bad points. Every so often, you’ll see a social media post that conveys a wide range of emotions. Something that could challenge perceived beliefs, make you pause and think, frustrate you to no end, evoke expressions of anger, sadness, laughter and more.

When one of those posts includes several emotions, that’s worthy of further discussion.

Here’s an example. The popular X account The Rabbit Hole posted a fascinating juxtaposition of two gravesites located in the United Kingdom. One of them is for Karl Marx, the revolutionary German philosopher often described as the “Father of Communism” who authored several well-known works with Friedrich Engels, including The Communist Manifesto (1848). The other is for Adam Smith, the free market-oriented Scottish economist often described as the “Father of Capitalism” who authored several well-known works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776).

Which gravesite would you have thought was the most expensive to visit? The great defender of the working man and proletariat, or the great defender of private enterprise and capitalism?

Karl Marx’s grave.Image by Annie Spratt

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