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Principles of Communism from The
Communist Manifesto, 1848 |
Karl Marx |
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The expropriation of landed property and the use of rent from land to cover state
expenditure;
A high and progressively graded income-tax;
A abolition of the right of inheritance;
The confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels;
The centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by the establishment of a state
bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly;
The centralization of transport in the hands of the state;
An increase in the state ownership of factories and instruments of production, and the
redistribution and amelioration of agricultural land on a general plan;
Universal obligation to work and creation of labour armies especially for agriculture;
The unification of agricultural with industrial labour, and the gradual abolition of the
differences between town and country;
The public education of all children. Abolition of factory labour for children in its
present form. Unification of education with economic production.
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