"Wages are determined by the bitter struggle..." - Quote by Karl Marx
Wages are determined by the bitter struggle between capitalist and worker.
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“Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.”
“Each piece of money is a mere coin, or means of circulation, only so long as it actually circulates.”
“If money is the bond binding me to human life, binding society to me, binding me and nature and man, is not money the bond of all bonds? Can it not dissolve and bind all ties? Is it not, therefore, the universal agent of separation?”
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“Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes.”
“The French need a thrashing. If the Prussians win, the centralization of state power will be useful for the centralization of the German working class. German predominance would also transfer the center of gravity of the workers' movement in Western Europe from France to Germany, and one has only to compare the movement in the two countries from 1866 until now to see that the German working class is superior to the French both theoretically and organizationally.”
“Our enemies are all those in league with imperialism - the warlords, the bureaucrats, the comprador class, the big Landlord class and the reactionary section of the intelligentsia attached to them. The leading force in our revolution is the industrial proletariat. Our closest friends are the entire semi-proletariat and petty bourgeoisie. As for the vacillating middle bourgeoisie, their right wing may become our enemy and their left wing may become our friend - but we must be constantly on our guard and not let them create confusion within our ranks.”