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Communism: The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

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Karl Marx was an extremely well known philosopher and economist who introduced concepts dealing with religion, politics and the economy. His work made impacts during his time period, the nineteenth century, as well as now. One of his greatest accomplishments was writing the Communist Manifesto with co-writer Friedrich Engels. Marx had an idea of a utopian paradise where there was no class struggle. All throughout Europe people raged over it and although the Bourgeoisie continued to stay in power for over one hundred years, his ideas were greatly accepted. The upper-class repressed the needs of the class under them, the proletariat, and continued to rule in a way dictator’s rule now. Marx’s knowledge and information regarding communism bled …show more content…

They became known as the wage laborers in the new capitalist economy during the nineteenth century. The Proletariat did not have much for themselves so they had to work in order to get money which they used to buy the materials they were making. They were very alienated from themselves and the rest of the world. Most of them were handicraftsmen, shoemakers, tailors, bakers, carpenters, and stonemasons . However, they all began to work together and live together during the industrial revolution where they made roads, railroads, and canals in order to travel from village to village while spreading their skill sets . With the addition of new abilities the consumers began demanding more goods. The Bourgeoisie consistently made more and more money while the lower class continued to make the same amount with double the work. Karl Marx took great notice of this trend in society and was determined to make a …show more content…

If you owned property, you were considered a class to Marx, depending on the personal desires you wanted with the land. Since the people who generally owned the land were the upper class, Marx’s ideas for the communist party was to get rid of the private property. Under the capitalist system, the Bourgeoisie had already abolished most private property rights but under the communist/socialist system, all of it would be gone. The communist movement also led the way for women and children rights. Women were seen as the property of men before the revolution. They were objects and were not treated well, but after Marxism spread, they could begin contributing to society in their own ways. This movement offered opportunities to people of all kinds and it developed into society being shared by

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