“Radical social transformations such as the rise of capitalism or the transition to communism, do not occur in empty space but depend crucially on the prior construction of the conditions that make such transformations possible. While Marx and Engels do not go on to make the point specifically, the advantages Britain possessed in all these respects undoubtedly played a crucial role in explaining why a nascent capitalism everywhere could most easily take root in that particular part of the world from the sixteenth century onwards.”
Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto
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Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto
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