1. The Motor of Marxist Change  Hegelian Dialectic  The enduring class struggle  Division of wealth Capitalism Industrialization Worker oppression Revolution Dictatorship of the Proletariat Communism

2. Marx’s Criticisms of Industrial Europe  Workers treated as a commodity  Reducing the family to a mere relation and breaking the strong bonds that have identified families.  Removing skill and individuality from labor.  Destroying the middle class.

3. Why is Marxist Age Industrial system doomed?  Driven by persistent greed the system would overproduce and underpay  Creating a class conflict between those who won’t accept it any longer.

4. Was Revolution Inevitable?  Yes. Class struggle in Marxist doctrine was the primary motor of historical change.  Class struggle defined Industrialization, thus it was inevitable.  Accumulation of wealth makes it impossible for capitalism and socialism to co-exist.

5. Marxist Socialist Society…  Would centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state and eliminate all class distinctions.  Public power will lose its political character as it will no longer be used to oppress one group to the benefit of another.  The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.

6. Criticisms to Marx: Eduard Bernstein  Capitalist class growing  Capitalist privileges giving way to democratic privileges  With democracy, revolution is unnecessary  An alternative approach should be political organization to raise the level of the working classes.