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The Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing

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The Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing

Ruthless in Three Senses

Benedict Cryptofash
Mar 31, 2022
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At age 25, Marx defined his thought as “the ruthless criticism of everything existing.”1 Although his criticism would mature in subsequent writings, the 1843 letter to Arnold Ruge in which this phrase appears is a statement of purpose for his life’s work, as every future development only derived from the application of the ruthless method it describes. I…

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