Mythology of the White Proletariat - San Francisco Bay Area ...
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The minority puts a dogmatic view in place <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
critical, and an idealist one in place <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> materialist. They<br />
regard mere discontent, instead <strong>of</strong> real conditions, as <strong>the</strong><br />
driving wheel <strong>of</strong> revolution. Whereas we tell <strong>the</strong> workers:<br />
You have to go through 15, 20, 50 years <strong>of</strong> civil wars and<br />
national struggles, not only in order to change conditions<br />
but also to change yourselves and make yourselves capable<br />
<strong>of</strong> political rule; you, on <strong>the</strong> contrary, say: "We must<br />
come to power immediately, or else we may as well go to<br />
sleep." Whilst we make a special point <strong>of</strong> directing <strong>the</strong><br />
German workers' attention to <strong>the</strong> underdeveloped state <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> German proletariat, you flatter <strong>the</strong> national feeling and<br />
<strong>the</strong> status-prejudice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> German artisans in <strong>the</strong> crudest<br />
possible way - which, admittedly is more popular. Just as<br />
<strong>the</strong> word "people" has been made holy by <strong>the</strong> democrats,<br />
so <strong>the</strong> world "proletariat" has been made holy by you.<br />
Karl Marx - on <strong>the</strong> 1850 split in<br />
<strong>the</strong> German Communist League<br />
3rd Edition<br />
Originally published under <strong>the</strong> title "<strong>Mythology</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>White</strong> <strong>Proletariat</strong>: A Short Course in Understanding<br />
Babylon"<br />
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