What Friedrich Engels thinks about capitalism

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German philosopher and social scientist (1820 to 1895); co-author of The Communist Manifesto.

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2 dated positions, c. 1848, in their own words. Our reading of what Friedrich Engels has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1848

   Our readingCapitalism cannot survive without constantly overturning production and the whole of social relations

   Their wordsThe bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society.

   ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book

3. c. 1848

   Our readingCapitalism produces its own grave-diggers, and its fall and the workers' victory are equally inevitable

   Their wordsWhat the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, is its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.

   ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book