The Communist Manifesto
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Introduction I. Bourgeois and Proletarians II. Proletarians and Communists III. Socialist and Communist Literature IV. Position of the Communists...
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All Themes Capitalism and Progress Class and Hierarchy Inequality and Distribution of Wealth Work Intellectual Suppression vs. Empowerment
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All Terms Capital Capitalism Commodity Communism Division of labor Feudalism Free trade Guilds Instruments of production Means of production Productive forces
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The Communist Manifesto

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Karl Marx
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