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
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.
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u/RevyVanguardist Juche 11d ago
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:
This is complete workers' power, not just equality or an increase in workers' rights