| − | Dialectical Materialism is an idea put forth by Marx and Engles, the creators of the Communist Manifesto. It states that great political change can only happen as a result of massive bloodshed and conflict. It is what makes communism the social application of the theory of evolution. | + | Dialectical Materialism is an idea put forth by [[Karl Marx|Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]], the creators of the [[Communist Manifesto]]. It states all economic and political change comes from the conflict between two diametrically opposed economic and social classes (the "thesis" and "antithesis"). The resolution to this conflict leads to a new consensus, distinct from the original ideas (the "synthesis") It is derived from the theories of [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]]. |