I have read Marx...  I was simplifying/dismissing the Marx comment because I wasn't interested in getting into that argument on this thread I was specifically looking for others opinions on the Friedman/Rothbard issue presented in these posts.

My understanding of Marx's economic and philosophical positions can be summed up as this:
-a historical dialectic grounded in materialistic metaphysics
-a contemptuous view of the results the division of labor has on society
-the inherent class struggle found in a capitalistic political economy due to the division of labor and labor theory of value
-the fruition of these positions resulting in the alienation of man

Now if you want to get into any of these discussions I would be happy to entertain in a different thread, but I would LOVE it if we could keep this post on topic.