Theory of Prescriptive Possession, Views of Karl Marx (Specified)

A dynasty that has ruled for two hundred years is obeyed partly just because it has always been obeyed — no contract, no election, only unbroken practice. Karl Marx looked at that same long practice and saw something else entirely: a story the powerful tell to keep the powerless compliant. This topic sets the two views against each other.

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The theory of Prescriptive Possession grounds political obligation in long, unbroken, generally accepted exercise of authority; Karl Marx rejects the whole idea of a neutral obligation, treating it instead as ideology that serves the economic interests of the ruling class.

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