In bourgeois society, capital is independent and has individuality while the living person is dependent and has no individuality
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In bourgeois society, capital is independent and has individuality while the living person is dependent and has no individuality 1 0 2and
Bourgeois society defines freedom as free trade, free selling and buying 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Private property in existing society is already done away with for nine-tenths of the population 1 0 2Mentions
Karl Marx/The Communist Manifesto
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