The Dalai Lama states “I am a Marxist.”

Bizarre. For a man who embraces non-violence?

He's currently giving lectures at Radio City Music Hall in NYC.

Dalai lama 14th Tenzin Gyatso

'I'm a Marxist' says Dalai Lama, but agrees capitalism has helped China

"(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits," the Dalai Lama, 74, said.

However, he credited China's embrace of market economics for breaking communism's grip over the world's most populous country and forcing the ruling Communist Party to "represent all sorts of classes".

"(Capitalism) brought a lot of positive to China. Millions of people's living standards improved," he said.


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