When Marx and Engels wrote the „Manifesto of the Communist Party“ in 1848, at an early stage in the development of capitalism, this was essentially the communist program of struggle for the proletariat of all countries. At that time, the proletariat did not yet have a wealth of fighting experience. But even in this programmatic document, Marx and Engels analyzed and showed that all talk of „social change“, social justice“, etc. is useless, becomes or is already a fraud if the central importance of the „question of property“ with all its consequences is ignored, covered up and ridiculed.

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