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The Motor of Marxist Change

The Motor of Marxist Change. Hegelian Dialectic The enduring class struggle Division of wealth. Marx’s Criticisms of Industrial Europe . Workers treated as a commodity Reducing the family to a mere relation and breaking the strong bonds that have identified families.

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The Motor of Marxist Change

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  1. The Motor of Marxist Change • Hegelian Dialectic • The enduring class struggle • Division of wealth

  2. Marx’s Criticisms of Industrial Europe • Workers treated as a commodity • Reducing the family to a mere relation and breaking the strong bonds that have identified families. • Removing skill and individuality from labor. • Destroying the middle class.

  3. Why is Marxist Age Industrial system doomed? • Driven by persistent greed the system would overproduce and underpay • Creating a class conflict between those who won’t accept it any longer.

  4. Was Revolution Inevitable? • Yes. Class struggle in Marxist doctrine was the primary motor of historical change. • Class struggle defined Industrialization, thus it was inevitable. • Accumulation of wealth makes it impossible for capitalism and socialism to co-exist.

  5. Marxist Socialist Society… • Would centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state and eliminate all class distinctions. • Public power will lose its political character as it will no longer be used to oppress one group to the benefit of another. • The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.

  6. Criticisms to Marx: Eduard Bernstein • Capitalist class growing • Capitalist privileges giving way to democratic privileges • With democracy, revolution is unnecessary • An alternative approach should be political organization to raise the level of the working classes.

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