The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the… - Vladimir Lenin

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The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the socialisation of that labour. But both these facts manifest themselves in extremely diverse processes in different branches of the national economy.

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About Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ленин), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ульянов) (22 April 1870 (10 April (O.S.)) – 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik communist party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union and the main theorist of Leninism. He married the revolutionary Nadezhda Krupskaya in 1898.

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Native Name: Владимир Ильич Ленин
Alternative Names: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Vladimir Il'ich Lenin Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov Lenin V. I. Ul'yanov V. I. Lenin Vladimir Ulyanov Vladimir Ul'yanov V. I. Ulyanov Vl llyin Владимир Ильич Ульянов
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Generally speaking, under capitalism, the ownership of capital is separate from the application of capital to production; money capital is separate from industrial or productive capital; the rentier, living entirely on income obtained from money capital, is separated from the entrepreneur and from all those directly concerned in the management of capital.

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It is necessary to be able to withstand all this, to agree to any and every sacrifice, and even—if need be—to resort to all sorts of stratagems, manoeuvres and illegal methods, to evasion and subterfuges in order to penetrate the trade unions, to remain in them, and to carry on Communist work in them at all costs.

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