Monday February 24, 2014  "Finally, in my survey of world history in the two centuries following the fall of the Bastille, I come to the question of why the workers never took over the idea of revolution."
Kenneth Minogue, "What if Karl Marx Had Drowned in a Cross-Channel Ferry Accident (1847)"  In Nelson W. Polsby (ed.), What If. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1982

Historical point of divergence:  Karl Marx died before writing a complete exposition of his theories.  Which meant there was no adequate theory for working class revolution, and no such revolution could occur.

I place this in the "If roosters didn't crow, the Sun wouldn't rise" category.  Factory workers would have adapted some other philosophy to their needs. 

As peasants have done with Marxism in our timeline.  As groups across political and social spectrums have done with Christianity and other religions.

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