The Revolutions of ‘48 continue: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the “Communist Manifesto,” Chapter two of which proposes, a ten-plank platform for increased government control over the lives of individuals, which include:
- a heavy progressive or graduated income tax;
- centralization of credit in the hands of the state by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly;
- centralization of the means of communications and transport in the hands of the state;
- extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil in accordance with a common plan;
- establishment of industrial armies and control of labor;
- “free” [paid for by everyone else (government)] education for all children. … combination of education with industrial production.
[restored 1/29/2022] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.
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References:
Epperson, A. Ralph, The Unseen Hand: An Introduction to the Conspiratorial View of History, Tucson, Arizona: The Publius Press, 1985), 94.
Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto – HISTORY
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marx-publishes-manifesto
Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto
www.conservativeusa.net/10planksofcommunism.htm
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