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1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
 By: | Karl Marx (more quotes by Karl Marx or books by/about Karl Marx) |
| (1818-1883) Prussian-born philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist, father of Communism, co-author of the 'Communist Manifesto' |
Source: | Manifesto of the Communist Party, 1848, Marx/Engels http://liberty-tree.ca/research/Communist.Manifesto |
Keywords: | The Communist Manifesto |
Categories: | Authority, Banking, Centralization, Collectivist, Communism, Despotism, Duty, Economics, Education, Fascism, Property, Socialism, Taxation, Totalitarian, Tax, Children |
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