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Marx And Engel Domination

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History, according to Marx and Engels, has been a series of class struggles—a constant tension between the oppressor and the oppressed. Given the nature of the relationship between these two actors, it is understood that domination is a key factor in the structure of the system; however, Marx and Engels are not concerned with the explicit forms of domination, but rather with the implicit ones. Domination, in essence, is the creation of a system in which one group of people has the power to serve their interests, which counter those of the dominated, and within which there is no viable alternative. The marking characteristic of the domination, nuanced in the writings of Marx and Engels, lies in a lack of awareness from the disadvantaged of the
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