Sadler's Lectures Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto - Party, Proletariat, & Communist Project
Dec 10, 2025
Delve into the foundational ideas of Marx and Engels in their critique of bourgeois property. Discover the role of the Communist Party as a vanguard for the proletariat and the vision for a classless society. Learn about their strategies for centralizing production and addressing social inequalities. Engage with Marx's powerful arguments against the self-made man myth and explore critiques of bourgeois culture and family dynamics. Finally, examine how class consciousness evolves with material conditions, revealing the path to significant societal change.
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Communist Party As International Vanguard
- The Communist Party positions itself as the international vanguard representing the proletariat's common interests.
- Gregory Sadler explains communists claim superior understanding of the proletarian movement and its direction.
Abolish Bourgeois Property, Centralize Production
- Communists plan to abolish bourgeois property and centralize means of production under the state to serve the proletariat.
- Sadler lists concrete measures like centralized credit, progressive tax, and state management of land rents.
Bourgeois Property Is Surplus Extraction
- Marx distinguishes pre-bourgeois 'personal' property from modern bourgeois property based on capital and surplus extraction.
- Sadler explains bourgeois property extracts surplus value, paying workers only a survival minimum while creating capital for owners.
