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I think Engels wrote a lot of good stuff, but he was essentially a bourgeois class traitor (Marx's family were well-off, but they worked. Engels' were literally just factory owners), which I dare suggest meant his writing, though totally sound, struggled to be as relatable and punchy without Marx's influence. Marx had a raw, powerful, and vaguely intimate way with words that I think simply captured people's minds and attentions better.
Mostly I am just prompted to show love for our Engels emojis
Some time after Engels father died, he sold the factory. With the money, he supported not just Marx and his family, but a large part of the underground/communist/German scene in London. He also speculated at the stock exchange and he must have been good at it, because when he died, he left more than he had started out with.
Also, while Marx said: "Je ne suis pas marxiste", Engels really was the first Marxist.