A Quote by Karl Marx

But capitalist production begets,with the inexorability of a law of Nature,its own negation. It is the negation of negation.

Karl Marx

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Begets Capitalist Law Nature Negation Own Production

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Karl Marx
German - Philosopher
May 5, 1818 - March 14, 1883

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