WORLD HISTORY

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Karl Marx’s slogan “. . . WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE!” is associated with which economic theory?
A
capitalism
B
communism
C
utopianism
D
mercantilism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The political slogan “Workers of the world, unite!” is one of the rallying cries from The Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (German: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!, literally “Proletarians of all countries, unite!", but soon popularised in English as “Workers of the world, unite!

Detailed explanation-2: -He believed all countries should become capitalist and develop that productive capacity, and then workers would naturally revolt, leading communism whereby the workers would become the dominant social class and collectively control the means of production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Socialism, for Marx, is a society which permits the actualization of man’s essence, by overcoming his alienation. It is nothing less than creating the conditions for the truly free, rational, active and independent man; it is the fulfillment of the prophetic aim: the destruction of the idols.

Detailed explanation-4: -Karl Marx was a German philosopher during the 19th century. He worked primarily in the realm of political philosophy and was a famous advocate for communism. He cowrote The Communist Manifesto and was the author of Das Kapital, which together formed the basis of Marxism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marx condemned capitalism as a system that alienates the masses. His reasoning was as follows: although workers produce things for the market, market forces, not workers, control things. People are required to work for capitalists who have full control over the means of production and maintain power in the workplace.

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