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When brought to the proletariat from the capitalist class, science is invariably adapted to suit capitalist interests. What the proletariat needs is a scientific understanding of its own position in society. That kind of science a worker cannot obtain in the officially and socially approved manner. The proletarian himself must develop his own theory. For this reason he must be completely self-taught.

Karl Kautsky

Karl Kautsky

Karl Kautsky

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Born: October 16, 1854

Died: October 17, 1938 (aged 84)

Bio: Karl Johann Kautsky was a Czech-Austrian philosopher, journalist, and Marxist theoretician.

Known for:

Foundations of Christianity (1908)
The economic doctrines of Karl Marx
Thomas More and his Utopia (1927)
The dictatorship of the proletariat

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