“Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have the world to gain. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!” These are the last words of The Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto lays out the objectives, principals, and ideas of the Communist point of view.
The Communist Manifesto consists of 4 sections. The first section discusses the Communist’s theory of history and the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletarians. The second section explains the relation between the Communists and the bourgeoisie. In the third section, Marx points out the problems with the other previous socialist and communist literature. The final section points out the political plan for Communism.
Marx explains in the first section the nature and the history of the bourgeoisie. The topic of class antagonism is brought up. In the past
In reading The Communist Manifesto I found it very interesting when Marx discussed the principles of Communism. It all sounds so good written down on paper but I’m sure once it actually happens it is far better off to stray from Communism. I would have to agree with Marx though on the idea that the working class should be the superior class but I disagree with him when he talks about abolishing all classes together. Over all, the book was very interesting but the context was confusing.
Although Marx’s ideas on Communist weren’t very beneficial to him, they were to the working class society. The working class read his ideas and views on how to rid of capitalism and eventually followed them. His theories and ideas became universally known as Marxism. Marx was a good man that wanted the lower class to rise above the upper class.
there has always been a conflict between classes in a society. Every conflict has either ended in a revolutionary construction of the societ
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