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Karl Marx opposed nationalism because he believed it prevented the unification of workers around the world and caused workers to identify more with the capitalists in their own countries than with other workers. Marx envisioned an international order based on economic equality without dividing the world into separate countries. Marx and Engels believed revolution was necessary for internationalism, and that in a socialist revolution the proletariat "had no nation," leading to their famous call for workers of the world to unite.

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Karl Marx opposed nationalism because he believed it prevented the unification of workers around the world and caused workers to identify more with the capitalists in their own countries than with other workers. Marx envisioned an international order based on economic equality without dividing the world into separate countries. Marx and Engels believed revolution was necessary for internationalism, and that in a socialist revolution the proletariat "had no nation," leading to their famous call for workers of the world to unite.

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Andrea A.

Armenio
BEED-II

1. What do you think of nationalism?

Karl Marx who was an internationalist, but who differed from the former because
he did not believe in nationalism. He believed that any true form of
internationalism should deliberately reject nationalism, which rooted in domestic
concerns instead of global ones. But Karl Marx and his co-author, Friedrich
Engels, oppesed nationalism because they belived it prevented the unification of
the world’s workers. Instead of identifying with other workers, nationalism could
make workers in individual countries identify with the capitalists of their
countries.

2. What is necessary for the development of an international order?

Marx placed a premium on economic equality; he did not divide the world into
countries. The capitalist class referred to the owners of factories, companies, and
other means of production. In contrast, the proletariat class included those who
did not own the means of production, but instead, workes for capitalists.

3. What do you think of the League of Nations?

Nothing. Marx died in 1833, but his followers soon sought to make his vision
concrete by establishing their international organization. The socialist
International (SI) was a union of European socialist and labor parties established
in Paris in 1889. Although shortlived, the SI’s achievements included the
declaration of May 1 as Labor Day and the creation of an International Women’s
Day. Most importantly, it initiated the successful campaign for an 8-hour
workday. The Second was a group of Socialist and Social Democratic Parties
from the period from when Social Democratic meant Marxist to when it meant
supporting the capitalist welfare state. It still sort of exists. The Third
International was the Communist International, the Comintern, From the Russian
Revolution of 1917 until partway through World War II when it was dissolved by
stolid as a goodwill gesture towards the allies.

4. What is the role of revolution in internationalism?

Marx and his co-author , Friedrich Engels, believed that in a socialist revolution
seeking to overthrow the state and alter the economy, the proletariat “had no
nation.” Hence, their now famous battle cry, “Workers of the world, unite!”

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