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The Dig: The Manifesto w/ China Miéville

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The Self Activity of the Proletariat in the Communist Revolution

Marx and Inkle see it is so critical to identify the proletariat as not only the beneficiaries of the coming communist revolution, but also its protagonists. They write that a key feature of capitalism is that quote, what the bourgeoisie produces above all are its own gravediggers. Their vision of change is predicated on the self activity of the working class. And this is a major distinction they draw against other currents of of socialism.

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