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WHO WAS KARL MARX?
A German philosopher, historian, economist, sociologist, political
theorist, and journalist.
Born in Trier on 5th of May 1818.
Studied Law at University of Berlin, while the Philosophy at University
of Jena.
Marriage life with Jenny Von Westphalen.
Friendship with Friedrich Engel.
Rightly called the Father of Communism.
Anti-Capitalism Element.
Remarkable work.
March 14, 1883.
NOTABLE WORKS
Das Capital.
The Communist Manifesto.
The Marx-Engels Reader.
Labour theory.
Theory of Surplus Value.
Proletarian Dictatorship.
Theory of State.
Classless Society.
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Father of Modern Communism.
“Religion is opium of the people.”
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel working on causes of economic
changes.
According to the theory of communism, the only practical thing was
to acquire mastery over the governing laws of society.
Hegel and Marx.
Dialectic Method.
Hence, a proposed solution, a new system.
LABOUR THEORY
The value of a product can be objectively measured by the
average number of labor hours required to produce that
commodity.
Labour to the capitalists means that the productions are owned by
the capitalist.
A labourer and the person who is carrying out the business be
treated on the equal grounds.
Marx called for “labor power.”
Destructive Questions.
Unemployment Issue.
Capitalists extract “surplus value” from the workers and enjoy profits.
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THEORY OF SURPLUS VALUE
Wage for labor and Profit for Capitalists.
Surplus value generates a handsome income for the 'owner‘.
Surplus value gives birth to alienation.
Surplus value give birth to the polarization.
Surplus value gives birth to wars and arm conflict.
Equality for all and communism.
Closed Economy vs Liberalisation.
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PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP
The Proletariat class comprises of the workers, laborers or wage-
earners.
In The Communist Manifesto, "The first step on the path to the
workers' revolution is the elevation of the proletariat to the position
of ruling class. The proletariat will gain from its political domination
by gradually tearing away from the bourgeoisie all capital, by
centralizing all means of production in the hands of the State, that is
to say in the hands of the proletariat itself organized as the ruling
class.“
Proletarian Dictatorship through violent means.
PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP
Lenin said “Revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is power
won and maintained by the violence of the proletariat against the
bourgeoisie power that is unrestrained by any law.”
The Communist state differs from the capitalist state in two ways: