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“The state is not abolished, it withers away.”

Quote by Friedrich Engels

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Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, politician, economist, and revolutionary, co-founder of communist theory with Karl Marx. He was born on November 28, 1820, and died on August 5, 1895. more

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