The national question is purely a peasant question...the best way to eliminate nationality is a massive factory with thousands of workers..., which like a millstone grinds up all nationalities and forges a new nationality. This nationality is the universal proletariat.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker argues factories erase nationality and create a unified proletarian identity.
- In plain terms
- Factories mix workers to remove national differences.
- What can you take from it?
- Economy shapes identity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can identity be manufactured?
Another view
Overlooks cultural resilience.
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