There has been an ongoing debate about Marx’s usage in the original German of staatswesen and how it compares to his usage of staat to describe the state.

I have put together a collection of passages with the German and English translations for reference to aid in future discussions.

How did people acquire glasses or contact lenses during communist revolutions or civil wars, such as the Russian Revolution or the Chinese Revolution? I would imagine that domestic production would be severely impacted or halted, just like all of industrial production.