The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its moral philosophy upon the exploited masses. It is exactly for this purpose that the concrete norms of the bourgeois catechism are concealed under moral abstractions...The appeal to abstract norms is not a disinterested philosophic mistake but a necessary element in the mechanics of class deception.
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Leon Trotsky
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Diary in Exile, 1935
Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It
History of the Russian Revolution
Literature and Revolution
Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II
The Revolution Betrayed
The Transitional Program for Socialist Revolution
Their Morals and Ours
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