Marxism

"This page is about the ideology used as the core value for modern Communism. For other uses, see Communism."

Marxism, nowadays commonly called Orthodox Marxism, is an economically far left, culturally variable but generally progressive ideology that looks to achieve a communist society, a stateless, classless, moneyless society. According to its creators, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in a communist society, nationality, families, property, commodities, division of labor, cities and countryside, religion, ideology, and markets would be abolished or become obsolete and fade away. Communism operates on the principle "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need". Marxists believe of inherent contradictions in the capitalist mode of productions, material conditions will become so bad there will be a proletarian revolution a which will create a socialist state to transition to a communist society.

He believes that the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles, and history can be viewed in stages of development based on which class holds a dictatorship over the other classes, and that today (with this stage starting around the English Civil War, 1642–1651) the world is under a Dictatorship of the Bourgeoise.

While Marxism acknowledges the revolutionary role that the bourgeoisie have played in history, tying all corners of the world together in a global web of industry and consumption and revolutionizing the of production creating tools and machinery capable of producing far beyond the necessary requirement to sustain society, he believes that the forces of production are now constrained by the mechanics of capitalism, just as they were constrained by the mechanics of feudalism in the previous stage of development.

On top of that, he believes that how capitalists extract surplus value from the labour of their workers creates an irreconcilable conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (working class), that can only be ended either through the overthrow of bourgeoisie or the ruination of both classes. Following the overthrow of the bourgeoisie, Marxism believes that a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" must be established to eradicate capitalism and begin the transition to communism. What is meant by a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" varies depending on who you ask, but to put it simply it means a society where the working class has absolute power over all other classes, and not a literal dictatorship.

Another thing worth noting is that Marxism does not differentiate between "socialism" or "communism" very much, calling them "lower- stage Communism" and "higher- stage Communism" respectively, and the different names for those stages is an idea that his son Leninism came up with. What is consistent, however, is that both communism and socialism are stateless and classless, with only the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, preceding both, requiring a "commune state" akin to the Paris Commune at most.

Before Marxism
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Marx and Engels
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First International
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Paris Commune
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Second International
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October Revolution and Soviet Union
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Third International
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Communism
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Dialectical Materialism
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Labor Theory of Value
The core theory of the labor theory of value is that the exchange value of a commodity is determined by the socially necessary labor time put into it. Marx's labor theory of value is different from Adam Smith and  David Ricardo's labor theory of value because it rejects the notion that labor is the source of all wealth. It thinks nature is an equally important contributor to wealth as labor

Exploitation Theory and Worker Alienation
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Base and Superstructure
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Economic Determinism
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Workers' Revolution and Dictatorship of the Proletariat
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Views on Religion
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Personality
Marxism will usually be portrayed as an amalgamation of Communist archetypes, and of the personality of Karl Marx himself.

How to Draw
Orthmarx_flag.svg You're done!
 * 1) Draw a ball with eyes
 * 2) Draw a silhouette of Marx's head. The face and beard should be outlined in grey, with the mustache a darker grey.
 * 3) Make the remaining skin of the ball deep red

Friends

 * [[File: Orthlen.png]] Leninism - Perhaps my most loyal and dedicated son, really good stuff
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - Good job putting my ideas into practice although we shouldn't have the state indoctrinating people
 * [[File: Trot.png]] Trotskyism - Can you tell me exactly why you were exiled?
 * [[File: Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - Wanna smash some capitalists, son?
 * [[File: AnSynd.png]] Anarcho-Syndicalism - Hi again, ancom! Ohhhhh, sorry. still, wanna go smash some capitalists?
 * [[File: dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - Democracy is the road to socialism.
 * [[File: Posadist.png]] Posadism - Say that again, sonny? Aliens? Nukes? Wait, what?!?!
 * [[File: Accel.png]] Accelerationism - "Progressing capitalism to it's breaking point to motivate the working class to revolt is a brilliant idea!!!"
 * [[File: LeftCom.png]] Left Communism - No, son, your brother isn't an "opportunist" just because he disagrees with you.
 * [[File: Luxem.png]] Luxemburgism - You carry my ideas so well!
 * [[File: Libmarx.png]] Libertarian Marxism - Me towards my later years.
 * [[File: Neomarx.png]] Neo-Marxism - Good job expanding on my theories

Frenemies

 * [[File: Acol.png]] Anarcho-Collectivism - Have these gentlemen ever seen a revolution?
 * [[File: Anpacf.png]] Anarcho-Pacifism - If we can achieve revolution by pacifism, I will have respect for you.
 * [[File: Utsoc.png]] Utopian Socialism - I wish you would realize that reform won't work...
 * [[File: Georgist.png]] Georgism - He was the founder of a land reform movement; one among many transitional measures. Still a capitalist though.
 * [[File: Capcom.png]] Capitalist Communism - Uhhhh... I don't care to explain.
 * [[File: Ricardosoc.png]] Ricardian Socialism - Massive influence on me and modern socialism in general, but I don't know about markets and labor isn't the source of all wealth
 * [[File: Christsoc.png]] Christian Socialism - I mean you're socialist...but you're also Christian... So there is that. And at least you're distinct from [[File: Reactsoc.png]] Reactionary Socialism.
 * [[File: Distributist.png]] Distributism - Or as I called you, "Petit Bourgeois Socialism", you're so close to getting it! So close!

Enemies

 * [[File: Cap.png]] Crapitalism - Preferable to [[File: feud.png]] Feudalism, I guess. I don’t know why I had a [[File: Capcom.png]] son with you.
 * [[File: Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - So... why is being a commie a bad thing? You seem to blow things a lot of the time out of proportion.
 * [[File: Pinochet.png]] Pinochetism - Please stop killing my kids.
 * [[File: Plutocrat.png]] Plutocracy - I don't like to strawman people, it pollutes discourse. But really man?
 * [[File: Reactsoc.png]] Reactionary Socialism - You forget that you, too, used to be the oppressors and the bourgeoisie exist because of you.
 * [[File: Bism.png]] Bismarckism - You brought me so much struggle.
 * [[File: Hayek.png]] Hayekism - An idiot who doesn't understand the difference between price and value.
 * [[File: Feud.png]] Feudalism - Fuck off and never return!

Literature

 * The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
 * Capital: Volume 1 by Karl Marx
 * Capital: Volume 2 by Karl Marx
 * Capital : Volume 3 by Karl Marx
 * Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels
 * Critique of the Gotha Programme by Karl Marx
 * The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
 * The Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels
 * Essays on Marx's Theory of Value by I.I. Rubin
 * Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
 * The History of Madness by Michel Foucault
 * The Prison Notebooks by Antonio Gramsci
 * From Class Society to Communism: An Introduction to Marxism by Ernest Mandel
 * The German Ideology by Karl Marx
 * Das Kapital by Karl Marx
 * And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future by Yanis Varoufakis
 * The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Zizek
 * Welcome to the Desert of the Real by Slavoj Zizek
 * The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World by Samir Amin

Wikipedia

 * International Workingmen's Association
 * Karl Marx
 * Friedrich Engels
 * Marxism
 * Orthodox Marxism
 * Classical Marxism
 * Communism
 * Labor Theory of Value
 * Marxian Economics
 * Paris Commune
 * Jean-Paul Sartre
 * Simone de Beauvoir

Videos

 * POLITICAL THEORY - Karl Marx by The School of Life
 * Karl Marx: The Socialist Revolutionary by Biographics
 * THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO SUMMARY | Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels explained with quotes by Halim Alrah

Channels

 * azureScapegoat