What Karl Marx thinks about agency

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German philosopher, economist and revolutionary (1818 to 1883); co-author of The Communist Manifesto and author of Capital.

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

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1. c. 1848

   Our readingMachinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine

   Their wordsOwing to the extensive use of machinery and to division of labour, the work of the proletarians has lost all individual character, and consequently, all charm for the workman. He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him.

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

3. c. 1848

   Our readingWorkers have nothing to lose but their chains and a world to win

   Their wordsThe proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.

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