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Karl Marx

Karl Marx
Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, defined communism. Their most famous work was the Communist Manifesto (1848), in which they argued that the working class should rebel and build a Communist society.
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Philosophy, Western; Communism; Socialism; Sociology; Marx, Karl; Political Theory; Communist Manifesto; Economics
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