key thinkers quotes socialism

Question 1

what quote from Marx means people should contribute based on their abilities and receive based on their needs.

relates to collectivism, human nature, state, society

Answer 1

“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”

Question 2

what quotes from Luxemburg expressed the importance of the working class becoming increasingly aware of the inequalities from capitalism - an idea crucial to overthrow Bourgeoise and capitalist state.

Answer 2

“The working classes in every country only learn to fight in the course of their struggles”

“The mass strike is the first natural, impulsive form of every great revolutionary struggle of the proletariat”

Question 3

what is ‘inevitability of gradualness’ - Webb

Answer 3

Webb’s concept suggests that societal progress toward socialism or reform happens incrementally through gradual legal and political changes, rather than through sudden revolution or upheaval.

working class will continue to vote for socialist parties, after ww1 context more working class people due to expansion of franchise in Britian??

Question 4

in the ‘Communist manifesto’, what did Marx write that expressed how the state serves the interests of the bourgeoisie, not the proletariat?

Answer 4

“The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.”