Immediate ideological source of scientific socialism, the ideological system of the early proletarians, which emerged with the appearance of capitalist relations of production, the theoretical manifestation of the independent movement of the early proletarian masses—the forerunner of the modern proletariat. It reflects the antagonism between the exploiters and the exploited under the conditions of the rise and preliminary development of capitalism, and reflects the protest of the early proletarians against the capitalist mode of exploitation and their longing for an ideal social system…
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