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"We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence."

Important reminder that not the dusty handwritings of long-dead philosophers but contemporary conditions should inform our strive towards liberation.

„The first historical act is thus the production of the means to satisfy these needs, the production of material life itself. And indeed this is an historical act, a fundamental condition of all history, which today, as thousands of years ago, must daily and hourly be fulfilled merely in order to sustain human life.“

Finished Whyman‘s introduction and now feel somewhat confident in actually delving into the Feuerbach chapter