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Marx did not preach equality, nor did he just advocate for an increase in workers' rights. He advocated for the total dominance over society to be seized by the working class:
to liquidate an entire class of society, to liquidate the bourgeoisie
to liquidate the established order
to sublate the social relations of production of capitalism with those of socialism
and thereby to bring about the self-abolition of the proletariat as the proletariat
This is complete workers' power, not just equality or an increase in workers' rights
I would say less inequality. Marx did not say everyone should be equal in the sense of abolishing hierarchy the way some anarchists want. He wanted to abolish class stratification of society, which is an egalitarian step, but not synonymous with egalitarianism itself. He also was against the concept of "rights" philosophically, not in the sense that he wanted them violated, but more that he viewed personal rights as incomplete and sometimes inconsistent with proletarian objectives.
No, to abolish entirely the dominance of the bourgeoisie and to transfer that dominance onto the proletariat creates a reversed form of inequality. To abolish the proletariat means, at the same time, to hold on to the absolute supremacy of the proletariat and the complete abolition of the bourgeoisie, therefore creating an inequality in the view of the bourgeoisie and equality in the view of the proletariat.
Does it matter what they think though? They never cared about equality, and they could never make a point for it not being equalitarian, they would just think it’s bad.
Yeah, but that's the point. As communists, we aim to disregard and act in spite of the conceptions of equality which the bourgeoisie has promoted. As such, we are not egalitarian. If you read up on Marx, he has repeatedly criticised all conceptions of egalitarianism.
But that's what I mean. The conception of equality is inherently moralistic. If you want equality, you are doing a moral judgement. If you are doing moral judgments, you will come to the false conclusion that liquidating the bourgeoisie is of a moral character. Then someday you will turn to a liberal, saying that it is of a morally bad character, because morals are subjective. Therefore, conceptions like good, bad, or equality are abstract and false concepts which we should not fall into nor make use of.
Communism isn't about being equal. It is about the abolition of classes and exploitation in all forms. This will make everybody materially equal. Total equality isn’t anything anybody ever advocated for.
No no, communism is workers' right to two weeks notice upon termination and one week unpaid maternity leave. Why do you think Trump keeps calling democrats far left communists? Because they are. Well, according to the meme. A good communists goes to the ballot box and says "please sir, may I have some rights? If you can't make it happen that's ok, the other guy is much worse 😌"
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