AI Mode Conversation You said: marxismmarxism Marxism is a social, political, and economic philosophy developed by 19th-century German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that critiques capitalism and views class struggle as the primary driving force of historical change. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXQHrOzAVr2MTkqrWxyQG9YiNHijA1WUqBSDjF-87Zu8nHbeejk6OrLd9fk0ML1D1gGRnnjLcaPPGTIFIBPA9sI6qmzogNzhS-kN8Xb5vTXgeO_IzBF36TcygRVwFHA), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVsuGpemOONv_6vPZeHeYNWrSJJ8qD0P9ogJDTyrnkpYbRy1xh06UZGPXIp5WHG7lYCTRzuX6RKFiud7ODLXErvZ54LT7cbR_nQ7p71kZZVAcG0nxXZ-4xdBLMRndHZTFhMf1f)] Core Principles * Historical Materialism: The belief that society's economic system (the base) shapes its political, legal, and cultural institutions (the superstructure). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXQHrOzAVr2MTkqrWxyQG9YiNHijA1WUqBSDjF-87Zu8nHbeejk6OrLd9fk0ML1D1gGRnnjLcaPPGTIFIBPA9sI6qmzogNzhS-kN8Xb5vTXgeO_IzBF36TcygRVwFHA)] * Class Conflict: Society is divided between the bourgeoisie (those who own the means of production like factories and tools) and the proletariat (the working class who sell their labor). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVsuGpemOONv_6vPZeHeYNWrSJJ8qD0P9ogJDTyrnkpYbRy1xh06UZGPXIp5WHG7lYCTRzuX6RKFiud7ODLXErvZ54LT7cbR_nQ7p71kZZVAcG0nxXZ-4xdBLMRndHZTFhMf1f), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXQHrOzAVr2MTkqrWxyQG9YiNHijA1WUqBSDjF-87Zu8nHbeejk6OrLd9fk0ML1D1gGRnnjLcaPPGTIFIBPA9sI6qmzogNzhS-kN8Xb5vTXgeO_IzBF36TcygRVwFHA)] * Exploitation and Surplus Value: Capitalists make a profit by paying workers wages that are lower than the actual economic value created by the workers' labor. 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[[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVy2KPNdbv5boUIcM8roYDZwnmSzxiBPRNYVddh7y19GVCB89vEN60_ei_ino6CUZNHLq3LwJwfzWNVO7sYz87uuiqzmr27ypYes7-DMRDmCoLQDrHeYWde4T7-8idU1FyKEjj), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESdgHrOzAVldWbs2Nb1BilsTh0uuuAQy1CZQWAw6WD3e9rnIPNfMpkrz5itnQ2_NwePtDDTZg8PUXOA2_TpGU8r0zVGzyNfpTloib9v31d18LBFHgp6jO7Sc9Frf6llN1fEmH82LLp31rl3zVRQ-lmICvk5ZPdLdk)] Historical Context and Evolution * Origins: First publicly formulated in the 1848 publication of The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels, followed by Marx's economic critique in [Das Kapital (1867)](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVsuGpemOONv_6vPZeHeYNWrSJJ8qD0P9ogJDTyrnkpYbRy1xh06UZGPXIp5WHG7lYCTRzuX6RKFiud7ODLXErvZ54LT7cbR_nQ7p71kZZVAcG0nxXZ-4xdBLMRndHZTFhMf1f). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaAHrOzAVsuGpemOONv_6vPZeHeYNWrSJJ8qD0P9ogJDTyrnkpYbRy1xh06UZGPXIp5WHG7lYCTRzuX6RKFiud7ODLXErvZ54LT7cbR_nQ7p71kZZVAcG0nxXZ-4xdBLMRndHZTFhMf1f)] * Revolution: Marx predicted that capitalism would eventually collapse due to internal economic contradictions and crises, leading to a worker revolution, a transition phase of socialism, and ultimately a classless, stateless communist society. 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