In the army, capitalist development leads to the extension of obligatory military service to the reduction of the time of service and consequently to… - Rosa Luxemburg

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In the army, capitalist development leads to the extension of obligatory military service to the reduction of the time of service and consequently to a material approach to a popular militia. But all of this takes place under the form of modern militarism in which the domination of the people by the militarist State and the class character of the State manifest themselves most clearly.

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About Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg (also Rozalia Luxenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

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Pen Names: R. Kruszynska
Native Name: Róża Luksemburg
Alternative Names: Rozalia Luxenburg Red Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luksemburg Rozalia Luksenburg Róża Luxemburg
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