The Poetry of The Communist Manifesto: a Combination of past and present

Frank — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:24:22 +0000

The Poetry of The Communist Manifesto: a Combination of past and present

“Capitalism has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities. Capitalism has agglomerated population, centralised means of production, and has concentrated property in a few hands.”

As many readers will know, Karl Marx wrote these words, but used ‘bourgeoisie’ instead of capitalism. The words were swapped in a 2012 lecture by John Lanchester (he of Whoops, and Capital) marking Marx’s 193^rd birthday, to show how prescient he was in describing the structure of capitalism and the way in which it changes the landscape.

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