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...e whole immense superstructure." Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy</ref> == Negation of the negation ==

{{hatnote|This page is about communism as an ideology. For other uses of the term, see [[Communism (disambiguation)]].}} ...lassless, moneyless, stateless society. Communism, when used in the manner of references an ideology, refers to the revolutionary socialism and [[Karl Ma

[[File:Das Kapital Vol I.jpg|thumb|right|First edition title page of Volume I (1867)]] ...d in the Memory of the World Programme of UNESCO together with manuscripts of [[The Communist Manifesto]] in June 2013.

...e-value''' is said to be one in which [[exchange-value]] (usually in terms of a [[price|money-price]]) expresses more than its intrinsic [[use-value]]. Distinguishing characteristics of the form of exchange value include:

...me I]] of [[Marx]]'s ''[[Das Kapital|Capital]]'', using a simplified model of [[Dialectics#Materialist_.28or_Marxist.29_Dialectics|Marx’s dialectical m ...ngle commodity. ''Our investigation must therefore begin with the analysis of a [[Path_of_Argument#Commodity|commodity]].''"<ref>https://www.marxists.org

...red. New sources of energy have played a major role in successive modes of production.]] ...ganise themselves economically). Together these form the [[material base]] of this society. When the contradictions between productive forces and relatio

...ocially owned and the surplus product generated by them is for the benefit of society as a whole, rather than a minority which accrues much more wealth t ...14, 2022 from <nowiki>https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/means+of+production</nowiki></ref>

...ubeThumb|<youtube height=240 width=426>EKdQB58g89M</youtube>|"Fundamentals of Marx: Falling Profit Rates" by The Marxist Project}} ...}}[[File:RoP-CC.jpeg|thumb|right|Projection of the development of the rate of profit (RoP) in the [[Imperial core]], corrected successively over time.]]

...''general labour''', is [[concrete labour]] which has undergone a process of [[abstraction]] in society. Distinguishing characteristics of abstract labour include:

...surplus value]] (and hence more capital) as the result of [[exploitation]] of [[wage labour|wage labor]]. ...elations of production]] between the two principal classes in [[capitalism|capitalist]] society—the capitalists (or [[bourgeoisie]]) and the workers ([[proleta

...rl Marx]] in his [[Marxist economics|economic writings]] for the [[value]] of [[surplus labour]], usually expressed in [[money]]. ...le. In other words, surplus value is the main source of [[profit]] for the capitalist.

...money exists as a connection between the differing aspects of [[commodity production]] in the ''physical'' [[labour process]] itself. Distinguishing characteristics of money as a material relation between things include:

...material life. The term is a key idea within the [[materialist conception of history]]. ...r Marx's death, [[Friedrich Engels]] would offer the following explanation of the idea:

[[Value]] is composed of [[use-value]] and [[exchange-value]], and is identical to the "[[socially n Distinguishing characteristics of value include:

...ial conditions, and that ideas dictate only the specific form. This method of analysis Engels termed historical materialism. ...by antagonisms and [[class struggle]], as opposed to a debate or a battle of ideas, which only determines how these changes present themselves:

...nstruction. By 1925 [[Nikolai Bukharin]] had become the foremost supporter of the NEP, while [[Leon Trotsky]] was opposed to it and [[Joseph Stalin]] was ...ut the state controlled the fixing of prices and the appointment of boards of directors. Private trade and wages were restored, and compulsory labor serv

...] which emerges from the [[circulation|circulation of money]] as a [[means of payment]]. <!--I haven't read Capital, just copying this uncritically, don' ...nship yields the concept of [[capital]], which is central to the remainder of Marx's analysis.

...Value|exchange value]], rather than for direct consumption. Both commodity production and [[wage labour]] are prerequisites for [[capitalism]]. ...mmunes. However, with the development of productive forces and the ability of individuals to produce commodities on their own, exchange came to be carrie

...ialism]], is characterized by [[monopoly|monopolies]] and concentration of production. == Definition of imperialism ==

...emand an expansion — accumulation, of [[capital]], in the process of which capitalist relations are [[reproduction|reproduced]]. ...certain time, any capital becomes capitalized [[surplus value]] regardless of its initial source.