Karl Marx:

This Bonaparte, who constitutes himself chief of the lumpenproletariat, who here alone rediscovers in mass form the interests which he personally pursues, who recognizes in this scum, offal, refuse of all classes the only class upon which he can base himself unconditionally, is the real Bonaparte, the Bonaparte sans phrase.

— Karl Marx Modern

Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital

Context

From 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte', a biting critique of Louis Bonaparte.

Date / Period

1852

Source

https://autodidactproject.org/quotes/marxcom.html

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