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The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

Karl Marx

The working class is revolutionary or it is nothing.
KARL MARX

Class Labour One Liner Revolution Work
The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.
KARL MARX

Change Inspirational Task Understand World
Society does not consist of individuals, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.
KARL MARX

Consist Express Individual Relationship Society
All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.
KARL MARX

Appearance Essence Science
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.
KARL MARX

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.
KARL MARX

Analysis Appearance Commodity Extreme Obvious Physical Strange
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
KARL MARX

History Repeat Tragedy
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.
KARL MARX

Demand Happiness People Religion
The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo.
KARL MARX

Criticism Religion Tears
Social reforms are never carried out by the weakness of the strong; but always by the strength of the weak.
KARL MARX

Carry Social Strength Strong Weakness
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
KARL MARX

Human Mind Occurance Religion Understand
May the devil take these peoples movements, especially when they are ‘peaceful’.
KARL MARX

Devil Especially Movement Peace
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
KARL MARX

Chain Labour Lose United Work World
Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.
KARL MARX

Enough Fools Prosperity
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
KARL MARX

Allow Class Decision Oppression Particular Politics Represent
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
KARL MARX

Objective Philosophy Utility Value

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