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on economics. Fredrick Engel wrote, "The general co-operation of all members
of society for the purpose of planned exploitation of the forces of production,
the expansion of production to the point where it will satisfy the needs of all,
the abolition of a situation in which the needs of some are satisfied at the
expense of the needs of others, the complete liquidation of classes and their
conflicts, the rounded development of the capacities of all members of society
through the elimination of the present division of labor, through industrial
education, through engaging in varying activities, through the participation by all
in the enjoyments produced by all, through the combination of city and country
-- these are the main consequences of the abolition of private property." The
philosopher's ideals were kindled by the mistreatment of the working class
throughout history. Every social system of the past, Marx argued, had been a
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