Summary of W. Cleon Skousen's The Naked Communist

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#1 The Communist solution to world problems is to use a Marxist law to predict the course of future human development. They believe that men are victims of material forces that surround them, and that they cannot choose the kind of society in which they will live.

#2 Marx and Engels believed that all historical developments are the result of Economic Determinism, which means that man’s effort to survive. They believed that everything men do is simply the result of their desire to protect whatever mode of production they are currently using to secure the necessities of life.

#3 According to Marx and Engels, men cannot choose any one of several forms of society, but they can only choose the one that promotes the prevailing mode of production. The thing we call free will is simply an awareness of the impelling forces that move us to action.

#4 Marx and Engels believed that the mode of production and the means of distribution always produced two basic classes of people: those who owned the means of production and became exploiters, and those who owned nothing and were forced to sell or trade their physical labor to survive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822545687

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#1

The Communist solution to world problems is to use a Marxist law to predict the course of future human development. They believe that men are victims of material forces that surround them, and that they cannot choose the kind of society in which they will live.

#2

Marx and Engels believed that all historical developments are the result of Economic Determinism, which means that man’s effort to survive. They believed that everything men do is simply the result of their desire to protect whatever mode of production they are currently using to secure the necessities of life.

#3

According to Marx and Engels, men cannot choose any one of several forms of society, but they can only choose the one that promotes the prevailing mode of production. The thing we call free will is simply an awareness of the impelling forces that move us to action.

#4

Marx and Engels believed that the mode of production and the means of distribution always produced two basic classes of people: those who owned the means of production and became exploiters, and those who owned nothing and were forced to sell or trade their physical labor to survive.

#5

Communists believe that private property is the root of all evil. They believe that in primitive times, people followed the principle of common ownership of everything except the most personal belongings such as clothing and weapons. Then, the domestication of land and flocks led to certain men producing more commodities than they required for themselves, and they began exchanging these surplus items for other commodities which they lacked.

#6

The state is created when a society becomes divided against itself and entangled in irreconcilable contradictions. It is designed to protect the privileges of the dominant class and the private property it possesses from the demands of the exploited class.

#7

Marx and Engels believed that religion was created as a means of keeping the working class under control. It was the property class who wanted their workers to be patient and dutiful, and to endure the wrongs they suffered, hoping that justice would be meted out in the next life.

#8

After explaining the origin of class antagonisms, the State, and religion, Marx and Engels explained the origin of morals and how they are imposed on the masses. They claimed that this morality was designed to protect the property of the exploiters.

#9

According to Marx and Engels, capitalistic society was approaching its end. They believed that the exploitation of the working class was the reason why the bourgeoisie were able to accumulate wealth. They predicted that the middle class would be squeezed out as the power of the great banks and industrial owners grew.

#10

Marx and Engels were clear that the revolution must be international in scope. They knew that not all countries would be ready for the revolution at the same time, but all Marxist writers have emphasized the impossibility of the complete and final victory of socialism in a single country without the victory of the revolution in other countries.

#11

Marx and Engels believed that the revolution could be promoted in three steps. First, they wanted to wipe out the old order. Second, the working class must establish a Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Finally, property should be owned by all of mankind in common.

#12

Lenin believed that the new society would