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upon the basic Communist philosophy that knowledge is a dynamic social
force which, by acting upon a pre-existing reality, produces a new
reality.
All revolutions in history have allegedly resulted from con-
flicts between the exploiting class and the exploited class. Previous
revolutions have merely transferred property ownership from one class
to another; revolutions have succeeded one another as each newly
created exploiting class in turn unduly abuses its powers, or becomes
out of touch with newly developing modes of production.
The coming Communist revolution will be the final revolution
since it will abolish private property instead of merely transferring
its ownership. No exploiting class will remain and the cause of rev-
olution will thus disappear.
The following three tenets are basic to Communism:
1.
The proletarian revolution can be achieved only by
violence since the present exploiting class will
not voluntarily surrender ownership of the means of
production.
2. The proletarian revolution, to be finally successful,
must be global in scope. Only in this way can
Communism be secured against outside intervention.
Communism must thus meet head-on with Capitalist
Democracy.
3. The proletarian revolution must be hastened by man
as a conscious actor.
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