Marxism
prompt: Imagine you are a committed 21st Century Marxist. You are giving a speech at a college student union. What aspects of the Marxist ideology would you stress, and which would you try to avoid keeping in mind you are trying to sway a smart, young audience to your way of thinking.
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Marxism is a doctrine based on a system of ideas developed majorly by Karl Marx who lived in the 19th century. As he saw it, society was in a state of conflict between the affluent middle class and the poor working class which was as a result of capitalism. This is because, in a majorly industrial society, the affluent also referred to as the bourgeoisie were seen to have taken advantage of the working class also referred to as the proletariats by providing low-paying menial factory jobs in return for higher profits…
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