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You can now get a Mastercard with Karl Marx's face on it


The Karl Marx credit card via NPR and Sparkasse Chemnitz

“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. For everything else, there’s #marxcard,” writes Twitter user Peter Sahlstrom (@stormlash). Have you ever wanted a credit card with Marx’s face on it? I do now! The German bank Sparkasse recently let online voters determine the design for their newest card, and Marx was the “very clear winner.” For more funny tweets, check out NPR’s report on the story.