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As a non communist, should i read the manifesto? (Plus other Marx and Engels stuff) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by curious_beetle@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am interested in politics, and even tho i am not a communist, i am interested in what can be learned from it and i also want to learn more about political ideologies as a whole, instead of speaking out of my ass whenever someone mentions communism and potentially say some bullshit. What do you think?

Edit: thanks for all the answers! I swear i read them all, i just don’t know how to answer to each of them, but thanks for all the recommendations!

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

A few quick points:

None of it was satirical.
Marx claimed that he wasn't a Marxist as a response to those of his time labeling themselves Marxists. He still developed what became Marxism as an ideology.
The dictatorship of the proletariat isn't one person, but the absolute rule of the entire working class itself over capitalists. It's saying that workers run the world, not capitalists, ever again, and that when there are no capitalists all workers will simply be people, a classless society.