Karl Marx was a nutcase conspiracy theorist who accused Bakunin and Lord Palmerston of being Russian agents. "... the bourgeoisie has at last, since the establishment of Modern Industry and of the world market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway.  The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie..." https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.ht... Nutcase conspiracy theory in 1850 - nutcase conspiracy theory now - nutcase conspiracy theory forever.