▁case , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁argued , ▁the ▁false ▁mask s ▁are ▁torn ▁off , ▁and ▁people ▁have ▁to ▁stand ▁up ▁for ▁what ▁they ▁really ▁are , ▁and ▁what ▁they ▁really ▁believe ▁in . ▁But ▁that ▁is ▁a ▁possibility ▁which ▁Marx ▁did ▁not ▁compreh ens ively ▁the or ize ▁in ▁Das ▁Kap ital . ▁ ▁Eng els ▁The ▁" mask ▁met ap hor " ▁also ▁appears ▁already ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Friedrich ▁Eng els , ▁and ▁his ▁influence ▁on ▁Marx ▁is ▁often ▁under est im ated . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁Eng els ▁referred ▁to ▁character ▁mask s ▁in ▁his ▁Pref ace ▁to ▁Capital , ▁Volume ▁III ▁– ▁when ▁re but ting ▁a ▁criticism ▁of ▁Marx ' s ▁theory ▁by ▁Ach ille ▁L oria . ▁Eng els ' s ▁substant ive ▁soci ological ▁suggestion ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁that : ▁ ▁in ▁a ▁society ' s ▁progress ive , ▁construct ive ▁era , ▁its ▁best ▁characters ▁come ▁to ▁the ▁fore , ▁and ▁no ▁character ▁mask s ▁are ▁necessary ▁for ▁them . ▁when ▁society ▁deg ener ates ▁and ▁subm its ▁to ▁int ol er able ▁conditions , ▁it ▁not ▁only ▁gives ▁rise ▁to ▁all ▁sorts ▁of ▁dub ious , ▁talent less ▁characters ▁who ▁cannot ▁lead ▁the ▁way ▁forward , ▁but ▁also ▁society ' s ▁dign ity ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁sust ained ▁by ▁mask ing ▁the ▁social ▁contradict ions . ▁based ▁on ▁compreh ensive ▁knowledge ▁of ▁a ▁country ▁and ▁its ▁national ▁psych ology , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁specify ▁the