I was born on 5 May 1818 and studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. I became a journalist, writing for the radical newspaper Rheinische Zeitung, expressing my early views on socialism and my developing interest in economics. Later I met Friedrich Engles (https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=ED1a3dLSkZndkUcg6ODKSL7Ff0UpH6DJRga52hT8ng4), and together we developed the revolutionary theory for the emancipation of the working class. Will you join us?