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The unity of the bourgeoisie can be shaken only by the unity of the proletariat.

Karl Marx

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Karl Marx
Age: 64 †
Born: 1818
Born: May 5
Died: 1883
Died: March 14
Economist
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Journalist
Philosopher
Poet
Politician
Revolutionary
Sociologist
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Karl Heinrich Marx
Marx
Bourgeoisie
Shaken
Proletariat
Unity

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