Marx believed that people had unlimited capacity for this. Their latent creative powers were repressed under the social conditions of class society. Capitalism not only prevents the fulfillment of this potential, but deprives humans of animal needs such as fresh air, food, sex, etc.
According to Marx, THIS is run in the interests of the ruling class but are nonetheless represented as being in favor of the common interest of all. It is organized power of one class over another class. It is not neutral. It creates the laws & interprets the laws to support the ruling class.
The tools, technology, skills & labor to produce what society needs. They include raw materials as well as knowledge
This is the combination of the relations of production with the forces of production in any given society. It is the economic foundation of society.
The working class that work on the means of production by selling their labor for wages
Refers to the beliefs that a person holds regarding their economic rank in society, the structure of their class, and their class interests. It gives us clarity that we have a common enemy. We can address the other divisions and problems between us, as long as we are aware that the real enemy is the economic system. It is an awareness that is key to sparking revolution.
When we are separated from the land and means of subsistence and forced to sell our labor power
This is the relationship between employer & worker
Lenin called it the dictatorship of the proletariat. It’s also called the worker’s state. All of the exploited people get together, develop consciousness of themselves, see that capitalists are the protagonists. Organize revolutionary process, get rid of capitalist ownership of productive property and abolish the market. Ownership & distribution are brought into collective state & distributed based on need ending poverty, hunger, & homelessness.
human development
This includes the state, ideology & consciousness. It is all of the social & political structures & institutions that arise on the economic foundation. Marx developed these concepts, asserting that cultural & political conditions of society, as well as its notions of human nature, are largely determined by obscured economic foundations.
It is the ultimate negation of capitalism. When we have collectivized property & have gotten used to it, it is classless & stateless. Once we’ve been through it, we’ve eliminated scarcity. When there is enough of everything for everyone, we have no need to horde anymore. We can have equality & have reached the stage of human development where we no longer need a state.
The ruling capitalist class that control the means of production
