Quote by Friedrich Engels

People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy.

People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold s

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This quote suggests that while people may believe they have made progress by transitioning from hereditary monarchy to a democratic republic, the speaker argues that the state, regardless of its form, functions as a tool for one class to oppress another. The quote highlights the speaker's skepticism towards the idea that a change in political system automatically brings about equality and freedom, implying that hierarchical structures and class struggles persist in both monarchies and democratic republics.

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