#proletariat

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

#becomes #ceases #down #exist #freedom

The problem with Marxism is the proletariat isn’t going to rise up against capitalism and consumerism. The only time they’ll rise up is during a commercial break to either go to the bathroom or grab more beer.
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— Jarod Kintz

#beer #capitalism #commercials #communism #consumerism

Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but, so too, its grave digger, the socialist proletariat. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#bourgeois #capital #class #domination #grave

Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite! ↗

— Karl Marx

#proletariat #men

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#category #causes #classes #despair #does

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing. ↗

— Graham Greene

#beings #governments #human #human beings #i

In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#century #class #cotton #created #frame

Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory! ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#proletariat #men

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#aeroplanes #age #dams #ideology #like

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its development and it is terrible now, after the victory. But at the actual time of revolution it was easy, and this was due to the peasants. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#after #development #due #easy #long