Although Lassalle was a member of the Communist League, his politics were strongly opposed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; indeed Marx's essay Critique of the Gotha Program is written in part as a reaction to Lassalle's conception of the socialist state.
Aínda que Lassalle era membro da Liga dos Comunista, Karl Marx e Friedrich Engels opúxeronse á súa visión política, de feito Marx escribiu o ensaio Kritik des Gothaer Program en parte como reacción á concepción do estado socialista de Lassalle.