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Capitalism and Communism

27th October 2016 · 7:30pm - 8:30pm

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 Capitalism and Communism

“And it is precisely this industrial revolution which has raised the productive power of human labour to such a high level that – for the first time in the history of mankind – the possibility exists, given a rational division of labour among all, of producing not only enough for the plentiful consumption of all members of society and for an abundant reserve fund, but also of leaving each individual sufficient leisure so that what is really worth preserving in historically inherited culture – science, art, forms of intercourse, etc. – may not only be preserved but converted from a monopoly of the ruling class into the common property of the whole society, and may be further developed. Here is the decisive point”.   F. Engels, The Housing Question, 1872.

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