2026-05-05.1_K Marx - revolutionary class

β€œAn oppressed class is the vital condition for every society founded on the antagonism of classes. The emancipation of the oppressed class thus implies necessarily the creation of a new society. For the oppressed class to be able to emancipate itself, it is necessary that the productive powers already acquired and the existing social relations should no longer be capable of existing side by side. Of all the instruments of production, the greatest productive power is the revolutionary class itself.”

  • Karl Marx (1847), The Poverty of Philosopy: Strikes and Combinations of Workers

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