Goal Sharing

Like the liberals and conservation fanatics, the proletarians and the communists share the same goal to some extent. On p.169, Marx writes, "the immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of all the other proletarian parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, over-throw of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat". The communist and proletariat goal can be distinguished. Marx writes, "the communists are distinguished by this only. 1. In the national struggles of the proletarians of different countries, they point out and bring to the front the common interests of the entire proletariat, independently of all nationality. 2.In the various stages of which the struggle of the working class against the bourgeoisie has to pass through, they always and everywhere represent the interests of the movement as a whole" (169). Keeping these distinguishing factors in mind, it seems appropriate to conclude that the "Communists, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country...on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the line of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement." (169)