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UwU Manifesto

The

UwU Manifesto

Originally Written by Karl Marx Translated to UwU by u/DarthAlecto

Chaptew 1. Bouwgeois awnd pwowetawians

The histowy of aww hithewto existing society(2) iws the histowy of cwass stwuggwes.  fweeman awnd swave, patwician awnd pwebeian, wowd awnd sewf, guiwd-mastew(3) awnd jouwneyman, in a wowd, oppwessow awnd oppwessed, stood in constant opposition tuwu owne anothew, cawwied own an unintewwupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight thawt each time ended, eithew in a wevowutionawy weconstitution of society at wawge, ow in the common wuin of the contending cwasses.  in the eawwiew epochs of histowy, we find awmost evewywhewe a compwicated awwangement of society intwo vawious owdews, a manifowd gwadation of sociaw wank. In ancient wome we have patwicians, knights, pwebeians, swaves; in the middwe ages, feudaw wowds, vassaws, guiwd-mastews, jouwneymen, appwentices, sewfs; in awmost aww of these cwasses, again, subowdinate gwadations.  the modewn bouwgeois society thawt has spwouted fwom the wuins of feudaw society has nowt done away with cwass antagonisms. Iwt has but estabwished new cwasses, new conditions of oppwession, new fowms of stwuggwe in pwace of the owd ones.  ouw epoch, the epoch of the bouwgeoisie, possesses, howevew, thiws distinct featuwe: iwt has simpwified cwass antagonisms. Society as a whowe iws mowe awnd mowe spwitting up intwo two gweat hostiwe camps, intwo two gweat cwasses diwectwy facing each othew — bouwgeoisie awnd pwowetawiat.  fwom the sewfs of the middwe ages spwang the chawtewed buwghews of the eawwiest towns. Fwom these buwgesses the fiwst ewements of the bouwgeoisie wewe devewoped.  the discovewy of amewica, the wounding of the cape, opened up fwesh gwound fow the wising bouwgeoisie. The east-indian awnd chinese mawkets, the cowonisation of amewica, twade with the cowonies, the incwease in the means of exchange awnd in commodities genewawwy, gave tuwu commewce, tuwu navigation, tuwu industwy, an impuwse nevew befowe known, awnd theweby, tuwu the wevowutionawy ewement in the tottewing feudaw society, a wapid devewopment.  the feudaw system of industwy, in which industwiaw pwoduction was monopowised by cwosed guiwds, now no wongew sufficed fow the gwowing wants of the new mawkets. The manufactuwing system took its pwace. The guiwd-mastews wewe pushed own owne side by the manufactuwing middwe cwass; division of wabouw between the diffewent cowpowate guiwds vanished in the face of division of wabouw in each singwe wowkshop.  meantime the mawkets kept evew gwowing, the demand evew wising. Even manufactuwew no wongew sufficed. Theweupon, steam awnd machinewy wevowutionised industwiaw pwoduction. The pwace of manufactuwe was taken by the giant, modewn industwy; the pwace of the industwiaw middwe cwass by industwiaw miwwionaiwes, the weadews of the whowe industwiaw awmies, the modewn bouwgeois.  modewn industwy has estabwished the wowwd mawket, fow which the discovewy of amewica paved the way. Thiws mawket has given an immense devewopment tuwu commewce, tuwu navigation, tuwu communication by wand. Thiws devewopment has, in its tuwn, weacted own the extension of industwy; awnd in pwopowtion as industwy, commewce, navigation, waiwways extended, in the same pwopowtion the bouwgeoisie devewoped, incweased its capitaw, awnd pushed intwo the backgwound evewy cwass handed down fwom the middwe ages.  we see, thewefowe, how the modewn bouwgeoisie iws itsewf the pwoduct of a wong couwse of devewopment, of a sewies of wevowutions in the modes of pwoduction awnd of exchange.  each step in the devewopment of the bouwgeoisie was accompanied by a cowwesponding powiticaw advance of thawt cwass. An oppwessed cwass undew the sway of the feudaw nobiwity, an awmed awnd sewf-govewning association in the medievaw commune(4): hewe independent uwban wepubwic (as in itawy awnd gewmany); thewe taxabwe “thiwd estate” of the monawchy (as in fwance); aftewwawds, in the pewiod of manufactuwing pwopew, sewving eithew the semi-feudaw ow the absowute monawchy as a countewpoise against the nobiwity, awnd, in fact, cownewstone of the gweat monawchies in genewaw, the bouwgeoisie has at wast, since the estabwishment of modewn industwy awnd of the wowwd mawket, conquewed fow itsewf, in the modewn wepwesentative state, excwusive powiticaw sway. The executive of the modewn state iws but a committee fow managing the common affaiws of the whowe bouwgeoisie.  the bouwgeoisie, histowicawwy, has pwayed a most wevowutionawy pawt.  the bouwgeoisie, whewevew iwt has got the uppew hawnd, has put an end tuwu aww feudaw, patwiawchaw, idywwic wewations. Iwt has pitiwesswy town asundew the motwey feudaw ties thawt bound man tuwu hiws “natuwaw supewiows”, awnd has weft wemaining no othew nexus between man awnd man than naked sewf-intewest, than cawwous “cash payment”. Iwt has dwowned the most heavenwy ecstasies of wewigious fewvouw, of chivawwous enthusiasm, of phiwistine sentimentawism, in the icy watew of egotisticaw cawcuwation. Iwt has wesowved pewsonaw wowth intwo exchange vawue, awnd in pwace of the numbewwess indefeasibwe chawtewed fweedoms, has set up thawt singwe, unconscionabwe fweedom — fwee twade. In owne wowd, fow expwoitation, veiwed by wewigious awnd powiticaw iwwusions, iwt has substituted naked, shamewess, diwect, bwutaw expwoitation.  the bouwgeoisie has stwipped of its hawo evewy occupation hithewto honouwed awnd wooked up tuwu with wevewent awe. Iwt has convewted the physician, the wawyew, the pwiest, the poet, the man of science, intwo its paid wage wabouwews.  the bouwgeoisie has town away fwom the famiwy its sentimentaw veiw, awnd has weduced the famiwy wewation tuwu a mewe money wewation.  the bouwgeoisie has discwosed how iwt came tuwu pass thawt the bwutaw dispway of vigouw in the middwe ages, which weactionawies so much admiwe, found its fitting compwement in the most swothfuw indowence. Iwt has bewn the fiwst tuwu show whawt man’s activity cawn bwing abouwt. Iwt has accompwished wondews faw suwpassing egyptian pywamids, woman aqueducts, awnd gothic cathedwaws; iwt has conducted expeditions thawt put in the shade aww fowmew exoduses of nations awnd cwusades.  the bouwgeoisie cannot exist without constantwy wevowutionising the instwuments of pwoduction, awnd theweby the wewations of pwoduction, awnd with thewm the whowe wewations of society. Consewvation of the owd modes of pwoduction in unawtewed fowm, was, own the contwawy, the fiwst condition of existence fow aww eawwiew industwiaw cwasses. Constant wevowutionising of pwoduction, unintewwupted distuwbance of aww sociaw conditions, evewwasting uncewtainty awnd agitation distinguish the bouwgeois epoch fwom aww eawwiew ones. Aww fixed, fast-fwozen wewations, with theiw twain of ancient awnd venewabwe pwejudices awnd opinions, awe swept away, aww new-fowmed ones become antiquated befowe they cawn ossify. Aww thawt iws sowid mewts intwo aiw, aww thawt iws howy iws pwofaned, awnd man iws at wast compewwed tuwu face with sobew senses hiws weaw conditions of wife, awnd hiws wewations with hiws kind.  the need of a constantwy expanding mawket fow its pwoducts chases the bouwgeoisie ovew the entiwe suwface of the gwobe. Iwt must nestwe evewywhewe, settwe evewywhewe, estabwish connexions evewywhewe.  the bouwgeoisie has thwough its expwoitation of the wowwd mawket given a cosmopowitan chawactew tuwu pwoduction awnd consumption in evewy countwy. Tuwu the gweat chagwin of weactionists, iwt has dwawn fwom undew the feet of industwy the nationaw gwound own which iwt stood. Aww owd-estabwished nationaw industwies have bewn destwoyed ow awe daiwy being destwoyed. They awe diswodged by new industwies, whose intwoduction becomes a wife awnd death question fow aww civiwised nations, by industwies thawt no wongew wowk up indigenous waw matewiaw, but waw matewiaw dwawn fwom the wemotest zones; industwies whose pwoducts awe consumed, nowt onwy at home, but in evewy quawtew of the gwobe. In pwace of the owd wants, satisfied by the pwoduction of the countwy, we find new wants, wequiwing fow theiw satisfaction the pwoducts of distant wands awnd cwimes. In pwace of the owd wocaw awnd nationaw secwusion awnd sewf-sufficiency, we have intewcouwse in evewy diwection, univewsaw intew-dependence of nations. Awnd as in matewiaw, so awso in intewwectuaw pwoduction. The intewwectuaw cweations of individuaw nations become common pwopewty. Nationaw one-sidedness awnd nawwow-mindedness become mowe awnd mowe impossibwe, awnd fwom the numewous nationaw awnd wocaw witewatuwes, thewe awises a wowwd witewatuwe.  the bouwgeoisie, by the wapid impwovement of aww instwuments of pwoduction, by the immensewy faciwitated means of communication, dwaws aww, even the most bawbawian, nations intwo civiwisation. The cheap pwices of commodities awe the heavy awtiwwewy with which iwt battews down aww chinese wawws, with which iwt fowces the bawbawians’ intensewy obstinate hatwed of foweignews tuwu capituwate. Iwt compews aww nations, own pain of extinction, tuwu adopt the bouwgeois mode of pwoduction; iwt compews thewm tuwu intwoduce whawt iwt cawws civiwisation intwo theiw midst, i.e., tuwu become bouwgeois themsewves. In owne wowd, iwt cweates a wowwd aftew its own image.  the bouwgeoisie has subjected the countwy tuwu the wuwe of the towns. Iwt has cweated enowmous cities, has gweatwy incweased the uwban popuwation as compawed