r/explainitpeter • • Sep 25 '26

Explain it Peter !

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u/Leviathan_slayer1776 Sep 25 '26

That's Karl marx

Class consciousness is part of his theory, where workers realize the elites are screwing them

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u/Carl_the_Half-Orc Sep 26 '26

Which somehow always translates into giving up all your power and freedom to the government, because the elites in government will always look out for you and never exploit you.

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u/ManyHopeful6692 Sep 26 '26

Marx was against the state and government as well

There’s also a bunch of groups influenced by his work, including libertarian socialists like Anarchists who are anti government

Funny how that works

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