Marxism

Marxism
a) The socialist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; .
b) The socialist ideology of the followers of Karl Marx; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism.

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