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You're not addressing the argument whatsoever.

Your quote without context does indeed proclaim "forcible overthrow"... of all existing social conditions.

If you read it with context in mind it becomes clear that the notion or idea of the revolution is multifaceted as the communist manifesto refers to different means as to how the revolution is spreading (france, germany and Switzerland) and said quote is meant to represent the unrelenting resolution to not conceded to the "bourgeoisie" terms of the social condition upon the working class/proletarian, hence forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions that primarily the working class had to suffer through.

Out of all the things you could pick to critic the communist manifesto this has to be the weakest one, you could bring up the flimsy and quite frankly speaking terrible argument for the abolishing of private property.

Or the assumption that capital is only defined by materialistic definitions.

And now you change your point. Yes all Marxists are Marxists, tankies are not Marxists however, which is what you originally said.



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