The communists believe in economic materialism. This is a concept in which the upper class capitalizes on the work of the lower class. In Galileo, the kings used Galileo's inventions to "monopolize for their own profit" (scene III, pg. 60). It is also shown in more subtle ways such as when Ludovico refuses to marry Galileo's daughter Virginia because of Galileo's theories about the universe. Ludovico was forbidden to marry Virginia because "if the daughter of a bad man sat in [his] family pew, [his] peasants might st

Another communist ideal that Brecht used was class warfare. In which case, the capitalist class exploits the labor of the lower class in order to keep them in their place. In Galileo's time the common people believed "that God relies upon them and that the pageant of the world has been written around them that they may be tested in the important or unimportant parts handed out to them" (scene VII, pg. 83). This was the noblemen's most forceful weapon. If someone like Galileo came along they would "[tender him] on a silver platter, persecution free, [his] share of the fat sweated..." (scene VII, pg. 85) from the common people. The noblemen would silence the truth in order to keep control over the proletariats. The Cardinals cautioned Galileo to "abandon these teachings" because they felt threatened that their place in society might abruptly change if people started seeking the truth. Even the Pope knew that Galileo was "greatest physicist of our time. He is the light of Italy, and not just any muddlehead" (scene XI,

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