HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Proletariat
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Totalitarian
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Atheist
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Karl Marx
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marx named this class the proletariat. According to Marx, the value of a product is based on the labor used to manufacture it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marx, in conjunction with Friedrich Engels, published The Communist Manifesto in 1848; later in life, he wrote Das Kapital (the first volume was published in Berlin in 1867; the second and third volumes were published posthumously in 1885 and 1894, respectively), which discussed the labor theory of value.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Karl Marx, the bourgeoisie, also known as the capitalist or ruling class, are those who own the means of production and monopolize wealth, and stand in contrast to the working-class proletariat majority, whose labor-power is exploited by the bourgeoisie majority.
Detailed explanation-4: -A variation of this phrase ("Workers of all lands, unite") is also inscribed on Marx’s tombstone. The essence of the slogan is that members of the working classes throughout the world should cooperate to defeat capitalism and achieve victory in the class conflict.