The power of the proletariat would result in nations united under the red banner of the worker's party under the dictatorship of the proletariat. This idea of class war envisioned a mass rise of a class-conscious proletariat, an unstoppable red wave leading to victory over capitalism.
There was a moral aspect to it: Anyone defending capitalism was considered cowardly, serving only due to monetary benefits, and treated with contempt as capitalist dogs. Eliminating capitalists and the bourgeoisie was simply the wrath of the workers, and the means to crushing the capitalist system and erasing the beliefs that led to its formation. Class war was a valid form of struggle, with any and all defenders of capitalism legitimate targets, considered puppets of their capitalist masters. Ĭommunist thought did not reject violence or warfare, as long as it was used in service to the cause.
Capitalists, the bourgeoisie controlling the economy and the government, were seen as inherently untrustworthy, with their wealth was a greedy mask hiding fascism. The proletariat - common people who have to trade their labor for wages and with limited wealth - would be unified under the leadership of communists into a vast collective, and confront the capitalists, with the goals of securing control of the means of production (factories, tools, land etc.) and becoming the sole source of political power. Ĭlass struggle between the proletariat and the capitalists was essential to achieving this goal. Breaking these shackles was not just a matter of liberation, but also self-defense: The only way for humans to survive was to crush capitalism, before humanity was crushed by it. Rooted in dialectical materialism, communism saw capitalism as an inferior economic philosophy, reducing workers to slavery.
By the 21st century, the principal current of communist thought was Maoism.
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