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(65) "From Imagination to Science" born out of Engels' "Anti-Duhring Theory" - This is where the term "imaginary socialist" comes from.

I cannot emphasize enough how significant it is to have disseminated the difficult "Capitalism," which no one reads or even can read, to the general public in an easy-to-understand manner.

The difficult and large "Capitalism" and the easy and compact "From Imagination to Science.

One might say that it was this combination that led to the explosion of Marxism.

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(64) Engels' best guide to Marxism, "The Anti-Dühring Theory.

Engels' Anti-Dühring Theory had a tremendous impact on the spread of Marxism.

In contrast, however, in recent years there has been a strong criticism that "Engels distorted and spread Marx. The criticism that "Engels was the cause of the events that Marxism caused afterwards" has become stronger.

Did Engels really distort Marx? Or did he successfully explain Marx's difficult (and incomprehensible) ideas? This is a very big question.

We will consider that in this article.

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(63) Engels, Dialectic of Nature - Application of Marxian thought and dialectics to science! Huge influence on the later Communist world

Just as Engels once applied Hegel to economics and human history, he now applied Hegel's dialectic even to science and technology.

Ideology can also be applied to science. We associate science with objective data such as mathematical formulas, but it is surprising that it can also be constructed under an ideological worldview.

And since they were spoken with such seriousness, it was a different world.

Engels, who even influenced the scientific framework of the communist bloc, is to be feared.

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(61) Marx dies without completing the second and third volumes of Capital.

In 1881, Marx was unable to see his wife through her final days and was himself battling illness. Marx, a giant who moved the world, suffered from illness in his later years and made little progress in his writing.

And Marx died in 1883 without completing the second and third volumes of his Theory of Capital.

But Marx's story does not end when he dies. Rather, after his death, his ideas would become even more massive and have a profound impact on the world. And there he was, after all, that man, Engels.

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(60) What did Marx think about the communist revolution in Russia?

According to the revolutionary theory of Marx and Engels, a proletariat revolution would take place after capitalism matured and the economy collapsed. Engels confidently stated that a proletariat revolution would take place in Russia, where capitalism had not yet reached maturity. What about the concept of the "law of history" itself, which is sure to prevail in this case?

This article will look at that

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(59) Marx's "Critique of the Gotha Platform" and its confrontation with his archrival Lassalle

Bakunin was not the only formidable opponent of Marcus Engels.

Bakunin was a very dangerous figure who "saw that Marx's communism would become a dictatorial state authoritarianism" and was a difficult opponent who annihilated the International, which Marx Engels was trying to exploit.

The rassals introduced here are no less of a nuisance to them.

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(58) Bakunin saw that Marx's communism would become autocratic state authoritarianism.

Bakunin, the strongest rival of Marcus Engels.

If he were merely an attraction, he could easily have been unseated by the political power of Marx Engels. He has done it time and time again: belittle his enemies, slander them, and isolate them through political maneuvering.

The real threat, however, lay in Bakunin's detection of a crucial weakness in Marx-Engels' thought. Bakunin saw exactly where their ideas were going. One can only be astonished at how astute he was.

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(57) The strange relationship between Paul Lafargue, Marx's son-in-law and author of "The Right to Be Lazy," and the wealthy Engels.

Paul Lafargue, daughter-in-law of Marx.

He wrote a book entitled "The Right to Lazy," in which he rejects labor and asserts the noble and sacred right to laziness. And while the book is known to have had a great influence on Marxists, this article will look at how Lafargue himself lived his life.

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(56) Engels retires from management, this time as a securities investor. The contradictions continue...

Engels had used his business acumen to further increase his windfall from his retirement as a business executive. He was now to reap enormous profits as a stockbroker. In other words, "the contradiction did not end with the last day he left the factory. Engels, who is the very bourgeois while he vehemently condemns the bourgeois, is the very bourgeois. What did Engels think about this contradiction? He had some surprising words to say about this

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(55) Engels very active in political activities in London - the great lama monk of Regent's Park Road.

We have talked about Engels' excellence in the past, but it was only after he left the family business in Manchester and came to London that his abilities were even more fully realized.

From his study in his own residence, Engels was now watching and moving socialist movements throughout Europe.

After all, Engels' practical skills are outstanding.