MARXIST/LENINIST THEORY HISTORY SL 08/12/2021

MARXIST THEORY
KARL MARX & FRIEDRICH ENGELS; people without privileges will rise up against people with privileges – natural consequences
PRIMITIVE SOCIETY FEUDAL SOCIETY BOURGEOIS/CAPITALIST DICTATORSHIP OF THE COMMUNIST SOCIETY
(Stage 1) (Stage 2) SOCIETY (Stage 3) PROLETARIAT (Stage 4) (Stage 5)
- Small - Feudal triangle - Middle Class - Workers - The ‘state’
communities - King; Nobility; Peasants parliament representative government
- Land & farming - Based on land - Working Class would form a withers away…
- No government - King owned all the land - Industrialized small group of - People will
but perhaps which he spread out society with leaders naturally
community amongst the nobility – Industry - Primary aim to contribute what
leaders or chiefs loyalty went upwards ownership i.e. distribute wealth they can to receive
- Industrial Revolution the capitalist - They will control what they need &
18/19th Century class exploits the wealth/capital & no dictatorship/
challenged Feudal workers for distribute government etc. is
Pyramid profit according to need necessary
- No room for industrial - Eventually the - They have to re-
classes so therefore the exploited class educate people
wealthy middle class will rise up and against capitalist
has no more rights than overthrow the mentality of
peasants because middle class – having luxury
privilege is land based Working goods etc
& inherited Class/Marxist
- 1789 French Revolution
Revolution (middle
class) – overthrown
King to establish a
parliament

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Marxist-Leninism
Lenin adapted Marx’s basic ideas
1. Revolution should be led by a small group of educated party leaders. Workers are not capable of rising up spontaneously.
2. Tsar; Nobility; Peasants  Russia was feudal by 20th Century
a. However industry was growing, there was an educated bourgeousie & and exploited working class/proletariat.
b. He skips a stage i.e. more directly from Feudal society to Dictatorship of Proletariat
c. NB/ Marxist-Leninism was still centered on the proletariat/ workers