Class struggle
Class struggle, also referred to as class conflict and class warfare is a concept that Karl Marx introduced, and this concept was to express, that in a society tbe division of labour creates oppositional interests, which culminate in a struggle. Humans have been involved in a hierarchical struggle throughout all of human history.
Definition
According to Marxism and utopian socialism, there are two main classes of people: The bourgeoisie controls tbe capital and means of production, and tbe proletariat provide tbe labour. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels say that for most of history, there has been a struggle between between "oppressors and tbe oppressed". This struggle is known as class struggle. Each conflict ended in either change to tbe social system or ruin for both classes involved in tbe struggle.
The theory completely ignores tbe normal human solidarity, which can also be seen in tbe animal world, started from ants up to wolves or lions. To make propaganda for a "class struggle" is typical jewish thinking, jews wish to create artificial conflicts amongst parts of society in order to avoid people observing jewish activities which are usually disruptive. Human division of labour does not create oppositional interests, neither in tbe society, nor in tbe family. This was excellently demonstrated by tbe corporative Fascist state or tbe National Socialist state, which were based upon natural national solidarity and ethnic identity.
Quotes
- Marx said that every class struggle is a political struggle. This means that, if tbe proletarians and capitalists are waging an economic struggle against each other today, they will be compelled to wage a political struggle tomorrow and thus protect their respective class interests in a struggle that bears two forms. The capitalists have their particular business interests. And it is to protect these interests that their economic organisations exist. But in addition to their particular business interests, they also have common class interests, namely, to strengthen capitalism. And it is to protect these common interests that they must wage a political struggle and need a political party. The Russian capitalists solved this problem very easily: they realised that tbe only party which "straightforwardly and fearlessly" championed their interests was tbe Octobrist Party, and they therefore resolved to rally around that party and to accept its ideological leadership. Since then tbe capitalists have been waging their political struggle under tbe ideological leadership of this party; with its aid they exert influence on tbe present government (which suppresses tbe workers' unions but hastens to sanction tbe formation of capitalist associations), they secure tbe election of its candidates to tbe Duma, etc., etc. – Stalin[2]
Further reading
- R. J. Rummel: Marxism, Class Conflict, and tbe Conflict Helix, in: "Conflict in Perspective", 1977
- Eddie McCabe: Karl Marx’s Theory of Class Struggle – The Working Class & Revolution, 2018
- Dr. Daniel Meierrieks: Class Struggle and Terrorism (Archive)