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The Theory of Class Warfare Many social thinkers throughout history have noted that different groups' interests conflict. Marx's distinctive contributions were, first, to paint class conflict as a life-and-death struggle impossible of peaceful resolution; second, to treat membership in a class as essentially permanent and hereditary. The combination of these principles led him to sanction and indeed to urge "total war" against hated social classes, a war in which all methods are permissible against anyone with the wrong class background. Passage after passage in the Marxian corpus hammers home this brutal message:
[T]he antagonism between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie is a struggle of class against class, a struggle carried to its highest expression in a total revolution. Indeed, is it at all surprising that a society founded on the opposition of classes should culminate in a brutal "contradiction," the shock of body against body, as its final denouement?
The Coming Upheaval
Marx makes it quite clear that the class war will not end merely because the proletariat has gained the upper hand.
[S]o long as other classes continue to exist, the capitalist class in particular, the proletariat fights it (for with the coming of the proletariat to power, its enemies will not yet have disappeared, the old organization of society will not yet have disappeared), it must still use a measure of force, hence governmental measures; if it itself still remains a class and the economic conditions on which the class struggle and the existence of classes have not yet disappeared, they must be forcibly removed or transformed, and the process of their transformation must be forcibly accelerated.
After the Revolution
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by Jezus
how do you figure?
65 million americans on ss
45 million on welfare
25 million unemployed
thats 135 million people right there who dont exist without the government
the so called rich person doesnt need to government hence the classwarfare on them
www.usdebtclock.org...
Originally posted by RRokkyy
The Rich are the Government.
The Rich is the Military, Pharmaceutical, Prison industrial complex paid
for by the middle class and poor.
Imperialist wars and drug wars
butter their bread.
Originally posted by dizziedame
Did I really hear him say no SS checks?
That is a dangerous statement.
I take the bafoons words as a direct threat to me.
I worked 50 years and paid my taxes gladly.
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Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
reply to post by Jezus
Are you including those wealthy Hollywood actors who make millions from every movie released?
I'm assuming you are offended by those people who work out and benefit from it.
Originally posted by debbrown
reply to post by Dbriefed
I salute your arrogance sir. Does it bother you to know that the rain falls on everyone? Surely you can think the drops away.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
reply to post by Jezus
Are you including those wealthy Hollywood actors who make millions from every movie released?
Originally posted by mugger
Can we just of rid ourselves of all the politicians? The world would be a better place. I trust neither party.
There really hasn't been any leaders since Reagan, and Tip O'Neill was great also.
Both parties are to fault and have not taken care of there constituency or have answered to them.
They all need there feet to the fire, for about 12 hours.
the fact is business leaves this country for the simple fact its cheaper to go elsewhere and once you understand those elements and its not greed its for survival.