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III.SocialistandCommunistLiterature1.ReactionarySocialismA.FeudalSocialismOwingtotheirhistoricalposition,itbecamethevocationofthearistocraciesofFranceandEnglandtowritepamphletsagainstmodernbourgeoissociety.IntheFrenchRevolutionofJuly1830,andintheEnglishreformagitation4,thesearistocraciesagainsuccumbedtothehatefulupstart.Thenceforth,aseriouspoliticalstrugglewasaltogetheroutofthequestion.Aliterarybattlealoneremainedpossible.ButeveninthedomainofliteraturetheoldcriesoftherestorationperiodhadManifestooftheCommunistParty29becomeimpossible.*Inordertoarousesympathy,thearistocracywasobligedtolosesight,apparently,ofitsowninterests,andtoformulatetheirindictmentagainstthebourgeoisieintheinterestoftheexploitedworkingclassalone.Thus,thearistocracytooktheirrevengebysinginglampoonsontheirnewmastersandwhisperinginhisearssinisterprophesiesofcomingcatastrophe.
InthiswayarosefeudalSocialism:halflamentation,halflampoon;halfanechoofthepast,halfmenaceofthefuture;attimes,byitsbitter,wittyandincisivecriticism,strikingthebourgeoisietotheveryheart"score;butalwaysludicrousinitseffect,throughtotalincapacitytocomprehendthemarchofmodernhistory.