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Quote by Karl Marx
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.
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The sentence presents society’s history as a continuing conflict between social classes with different positions and interests. It treats “class struggles” as the main pattern shaping how societies change, rather than as a minor or occasional feature. In simple terms, the quote says that conflict between classes is central to understanding the history of every society so far.
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