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{{Marxism}}

'''Marxism''' is the [[political philosophy]] and practice derived from the work of [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]. Marxism is an economic political theory by which law is considered an instrument of oppression and control, and which the ruling class uses against the working class. Marxism holds at its core a [[Marxist analysis|critical analysis]] of [[Critique of capitalism|capitalism]] and a theory of [[social change]].(contracted; show full)

Two points of contention among Marxists are the degree to which they are committed to a workers' [[revolution]] as the means of achieving human [[Political emancipation|emancipation]] and [[Enlightenment (concept)|enlightenment]], and the actual mechanism through which such a revolution might occur and succeed. Marxism is correctly but not exhaustively described as a variety of [[Socialism]]. Some Marxists  argue that no actual state has ever fully realized Marxist principles.

==Classical Marxism==

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Classical Marxism refers to the body of theory directly expounded by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]].{{Fact|date=November 2008}} The term "Classical Marxism" is often used to distinguish between "Marxism" as it is broadly understood and "what Marx believed," which is not necessarily the same thing.  For example, shortly before he died in 1883, Marx wrote a letter to the French workers' leader [[Jules G(contracted; show full)[[tr:Marksizm]]
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