Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Among all classes confronting the bourgeoisie, only the proletariat is truly revolutionary.
- In plain terms
- Only workers can truly overturn the system.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus revolutionary energy on the proletariat.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is the proletariat seen as the only revolutionary class?
- What limits other classes?
Another view
Other classes can also influence change.
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The working men have no country. We cannot take away from them what they have not got.
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