Immiserated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of immiserate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Poor, impoverished; destitute.

    "When Marxists believed that socialism was inevitable, there was no need to explain why it was desirable. It was simply the end point of a predetermined sequence of historical developments. Capitalism would self-destruct, due to its inner contradictions, and the increasingly immiserated workers would have no choice but to overthrow it."

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"When Marxists believed that socialism was inevitable, there was no need to explain why it was desirable. It was simply the end point of a predetermined sequence of historical developments. Capitalism would self-destruct, due to its inner contradictions, and the increasingly immiserated workers would have no choice but to overthrow it."

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