The Communist Manifesto: Section 1&2

"The Communist Manifesto: Section 1 & 2”

The Communist Manifesto is a document written by Karl Marx, with the help of Friedrich Engels. It was written in the mid 1800s and is concerned with the inequalities in the social classes of the time. It is a story about what is wrong with the government and social class system. It talks about the history of inequalities in social class, solutions to the inequality, and the intent of Communists.

Karl Marx opens The Communist Manifesto stating two facts he believes about Communism. The first is that "Communism is already acknowledged by all European Powers to be itself a Power" (pg. 473). Second he states that, “Communists should "openly publish their views and tendencies" (473). The first section titled "Bourgeois and Proletarians" is an illustration of why Marx believes that all of history is based on class struggles. The Bourgeois represent the rich business and landowners, and Proletarians are the poor workers. Marx goes on to say that the government is basically in place only to further the cause of the evil Bourgeois. In Marx's theory, history is shaped by economic relations alone. I disagree with this view. I fell that Marx should look at other elements such as religion, culture, ideology, and even the individual human being. These factors play a very little role.

In the second section of The Communist Manifesto, "Proletariats and Communists", Marx speaks about changes to be made under Communism. Marx says that the goals of the Communist and proletariat have the same goals in equality. He goes on to speak about how he wants to make all things such as wages, property, and education equal among the rich and poor. In this section, Marx gives examples of reasons to oppose Communism, and then tries to give examples of why these objections are not valid. One of the opposition's