But for that to happen,
the workers have to become aware of their objective situation.
They have to develop class consciousness.
All of a sudden, they see through the ideological myths
about a wonderful world of capitalism that the politicians and
the industrial leaders and the parish priest propagate day in, day out.
They break away from that spell, they open their eyes, they confront reality.
And then, they may develop a feeling of solidarity, a deep sentiment
that they share their fate with the members of their own class, and
not with the members of the class above them, the class that exploits them.
And then they conclude that the only road to a better future is to rise up
against their oppressors, all together in one huge movement.
And that, according to Marx is the moment when revolutionary
consciousness takes hold of the hearts and minds, and
from that moment on, the revolution is inescapable.
The means of production will be torn away from the former owners and
they will be given to the collectivity.
And from then on, all the wealth that has become possible in
modern industrial society will be distributed in a fair and
in an honest way among the members of the new society.