marxist
Proletariat revolution believer
A marxist is a follower of the political and economic theories of Karl Marx, emphasizing class struggle, critique of capitalism, and collective ownership of production.
The lowercase spelling appears occasionally in casual writing but is nonstandard—the capitalized form is strongly preferred since the ideology derives from a proper name.
He described himself as a marxist. (Capitalized Marxist is standard.)
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
- wage laborWork exchanged for payment
working class · ruling class · petty bourgeoisie · lumpenproletariat · class warfare · classless society · class enemy · class identity
Collective ownership system
- socialismCommunal economic control
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- central planningGovernment directs all production
state ownership · internationalism · anti-capitalism · collectivization · nationalization · planned economy · party line · cadre
State of being isolated
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- false consciousnessInternalized ideology against self-interest
- praxisCustomary action or application
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
negation · totality · reification · objectification · critique · materialism · determinism · consciousness
Wealth used for investment
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- commodity fetishismObjects veil production relations
Lenin's revolutionary party
- MensheviksRussian moderate socialist faction
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- Red GuardsMaoist youth paramilitary movement
- CominternSoviet-led communist alliance
socialist parties · labor movement · trade unionism · syndicalism · Maoism · Leninism · Trotskyism · liberation theology
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
wage labor · working class · ruling class · petty bourgeoisie · lumpenproletariat · class warfare · classless society · class enemy · class identity
communism
Collective ownership system
- socialismCommunal economic control
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
central planning · state ownership · internationalism · anti-capitalism · collectivization · nationalization · planned economy · party line · cadre · collectivism
alienation
State of being isolated
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- false consciousnessInternalized ideology against self-interest
- praxisCustomary action or application
contradiction · negation · totality · reification · objectification · critique · materialism · determinism · consciousness
capital
Wealth used for investment
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
commodity fetishism · accumulation · wage slavery · overproduction · imperialism
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- MensheviksRussian moderate socialist faction
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- Red GuardsMaoist youth paramilitary movement
Comintern · socialist parties · labor movement · trade unionism · syndicalism · Maoism · Leninism · Trotskyism · liberation theology · New Left
Lenin
Soviet state founder
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
- GramsciPrison Notebooks author
- LuxemburgWestern European grand duchy
Mao · Engels · Althusser · Che Guevara · Castro · Ho Chi Minh · Adorno · Harvey · Jameson
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, rightist
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
marxistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
neoliberal · libertarian · monetarist · supply-sider · laissez-faire
marxistconservative
Cautious about altering customs
fascist · reactionary · traditionalist · monarchist · paleoconservative
marxistidealist
Pursuer of noble principles
individualist · classical liberal · liberal · functionalist · voluntarist
- Marxist thoughtPhilosophy of class conflict
- Marxist theoryFramework analyzing class conflict
- Marxist regimeGovernment based on class struggle
- Marxist ideologyRevolutionary working-class philosophy
- Marxist analysisClass-based social examination
- Marxist economicsClass-based critique of capitalism