Materialist conception of history

"the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles

Bourgeois and Proletarians

Means of production - i.e. property

Wage slavery

Alienation

Keep in place by superstructure.

Primitive Communism

Slavery

Feudalism

Capitalism

Socialism

Communism

• a progressive income tax; 

• abolition of inheritances and private property

• abolition of child labour

• free public education

• nationalisation of the means of transport and communication

• centralisation of credit via a national bank

• expansion of publicly owned land, etc.

—the implementation of which would result in the precursor to a stateless and classless society.

Working Men of All Countries, Unite!".