In due time the hour will strike and this great cause triumphant - the greatest in history - will proclaim the emancipation of the working class and the brotherhood of all mankind.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker believes socialism will eventually succeed and bring freedom and unity to humanity.
- In plain terms
- Socialism will win and free workers while uniting all people.
- What can you take from it?
- Hope for eventual systemic victory and human unity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is progress inevitable?
- What does emancipation look like?
Another view
It relies on historical inevitability which is not guaranteed.
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