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Das Kapital

The Communist Manifesto

Das Kapital

The Communist Manifesto

Basic Elements

  • The motivating force in Capitalism is in the exploitation of labour
  • The unpaid labour is the cause of surplus value & profit
  • The commodity = basic trade unit (Goods/Services)
  • "Theory of Infinite Accumulation"
  • "Bourgeois & Proletarians" - White collar & Blue collar I.E. Class struggles
  • Bourgeoisie exploitation of the Proletarians
  • Critical Utopian Socialism

Critique of Political Economy

Manifesto of the Communist Party

Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Economist

Karl Marx hated the exploitation of labour

by the capatalist class. He expressed his

distaste for in his opinion unwarranted

hatred for communism in his book

"The Communist Manifesto".

In 1867 Karl Marx wrote a book

called "Das Kapital" This book critiqued

Capitalism saying how it was fueled by

the exploitation of labour, and that surplus

was only obtained through unpaid work.

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