high levels of poverty. As a result of the demographic Kinship shared with pre-revolutionary China, the Center of Indian Communist aimed to propagate a revolutionary Maoist political ideology to the people of Kerala. A Struggle for Traction: How Marxist Ideology Became the Primary Mediator of Revolutionary Discourse in India Fundamentals of Marxism In his work, Karl Marx was deliberate in establishing the requisite industrial conditions under which his theory becomes applicable. These conditions included a normative class structure predicated on achievement, such as capitalism. It also necessitated a high level of career mobility, a precursor for industrial development. Marx cites that Western industrialized society often sees and increases in demand for a product without increasing production, thus leading to price inflation instead of industrial development. Under this model goods become the tools of ostentation, the possession of land, technology, and even food become emblematic of economic achievement. Marx argues that this system is only able to prevail under the lie of autonomy, an equation in which the only variable relative to fiscal success is the conscientiousness of the individual. For Marx, a communist revolution of the people can only be achieved when the proletariat actualize the erroneous nature of this analysis, allowing the poor and middle class majority to rise up against the rich and powerful minority. This model of revolution is widely applicable given the prominence of industrial workers throughout the world, and particularly within India. British Imperialism, the Proletariat, and Massive Competition The broad appeal of Marxism in large part could explain why the Center of Indian Communist (CIC) were never able to create a substantial impact on a national scale. Their Maoist appeal to the peasantry and agricultural laborers was not as broad as the Marxist proletariat within the greater context of India. Ashutosh Kumar cites British imperialism as being formative in the development of the Indian proletariat, potently serving as a catalyst for the uprising of Marxist political ideology throughout the country. The British government obliged India to start producing goods for import such as cotton, wool, hemp, and indigo. The strong and conscious proletariat left by the ashes of British imperialism almost universally lent support to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). As a result of their prominence on the national scale the (CPI(M)) was able to reach their influence to practically every corner of India including Kerala. Given the demographic framework of Kerala