The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
KARL MARX, The Communist Manifesto
Definition – pro⋅le⋅tar⋅i⋅at – noun
1. the class of wage earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class
2. (in Marxist theory) the class of workers, esp. industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive.
3. the lowest or poorest class of people, possessing no property, esp. in ancient Rome
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The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property
KARL MARX, The Communist Manifesto
Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labor. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations.
KARL MARX, The Communist Manifesto
INTERPRETING ALL HISTORY AS CLASS STUGGLE
Hitherto, every form of society has been based … on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes.
KARL MARX, The Communist Manifesto
KARL’S PEACE ON EARTH FOREVER PLAN
In proportion as the exploitation of one individual by another is put an end to, the exploitation of one nation by another will also be put an end to. In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.
KARL MARX, The Communist Manifesto
ITS NOT IN MAN ITS ALL IN THE MONEY
I do not like money, money is the reason we fight.
KARL MARX
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
KARL MARX, Das Kapital
THE REASON THE USA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
Democracy is the road to socialism.
KARL MARX
Definition – so⋅cial⋅ism – noun
(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
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