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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

Karl Marx

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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Class History Society Struggle
Your favourite virtue – Simplicity.
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Minimalism One Liner Simplicity Virtue
The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world.
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Human Proportional Valu World
In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases.
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Decrease Increase Labour Proportion Wages Work
Religion is only the illusory Sun which revolves around man as long as he does not revolve around himself.
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Himself Illusion Man Religion Revolve Sun
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
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Consicious Freedom Necessary
Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand.
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Clothes Condition Himself History Man Politics
Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes.
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Beyond Change Difference Quantity
Democracy is the road to socialism.
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Democracy One Liner Road Social
The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man.
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Criticism Foundation Man Religion
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.
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Demand Happiness People Religion
If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.
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Control Declutter Easy History People
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
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Objective Philosophy Utility Value
We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.
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Compassion Excuse Terror
In reality, the laborer belongs to capital before he has sold himself to capital.
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Belong Capital Himself Labour Reality
Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again.
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Consicous Himself Indeed Lost Man Religion Self Esteem Win

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

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