Karl Marx sægde þæt gemǣnre ǣhte rǣd bēo sēo æftermeste byrdnesse in gefērrǣdene, þe wǣre gedōn þurh weorcmanna onhebbunge and wǣre ānlīce mihtlīc æfter middel byrdness macaþ þā forþberendan mihta, þe inlǣde oferblǣd gōda and þegniscipa.