Marx: The Communist Manifesto(1848)- Part 2/2

Proletarians and Communists

The aim of Communist:
1.Formation of proletarians as a class
2.overthrow-Bourgeoisie supremacy
3.conquest-political power bt the proletarians
Distinctive feature of the communist-
1.not the abolition of the existing property relation
2.abolishion of all private property
Wage Labor creates “Capital” which is a collective product/social power
Property is just the consequence of Wage labor and Capital
Capital as a public property vs Private property
Labor should be converted into capital, Individual land, or any entity that can be monopolized
So abolishment of CapIndividual property-> automatically with abandon wage labor
Communist must abolish Nationality and Statehood
In order for the Proletarians to gain political supremacy, the working men shouldn’t have any country.
End result would be-
1.Antagonism between different classes within nation vanishes
2.hostility of one nation towards another comes to an end
The one common feature of all past ages is the exploitation of one society by another and this can only disappear when we abolish the entire class system
Steps of Revolution:
1.Raise proletarians to the position of the ruling class
2.With political supremacy, pro. will seize all capital from the labour.
3.Centralize all production in the hands of State
What is the state for Marx?
-> Proletariat organized as a ruling class
The ultimate motto for Communist is-
“The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all”

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