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Economic Determinism is a socioeconomic theory that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation upon which all other societal and political arrangements in society are based. The theory stresses that societies are divided into competing economic classes whose relative political power is determined by the nature of the economic system. |
Economic Determinism is a socioeconomic theory that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation upon which all other societal and political arrangements in society are based. The theory stresses that societies are divided into competing economic classes whose relative political power is determined by the nature of the economic system. |
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===Workers' Revolution and Dictatorship of the Proletariat=== |
===Workers' Revolution and Dictatorship of the Proletariat=== |
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Marxism believes that before a communist society can develop, a state in which the workers are the ones in power must be created. This is called a [[File:Erga.png]] [[Ergatocracy|"Dictatorship of the proletariat"]] which refers to the absolute authority of the working class, not |
Marxism believes that before a communist society can develop, a state in which the workers are the ones in power must be created. This is called a [[File:Erga.png]] [[Ergatocracy|"Dictatorship of the proletariat"]] which refers to the absolute authority of the working class, not of an individual. |
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Early on, Marx and Engels thought that the working class could take the existing state machinery and wield it in order to create the Dictatorship of the proletariat, (as was said in the communist manifesto), but after the Paris Commune Marx changed his mind, now believing that the working class could not simply lay hold of the existing state machinery. |
Early on, Marx and Engels thought that the working class could take the existing state machinery and wield it in order to create the Dictatorship of the proletariat, (as was said in the communist manifesto), but after the Paris Commune Marx changed his mind, now believing that the working class could not simply lay hold of the existing state machinery. |
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