Evolutionary Socialism: The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

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Socialism in the nineteenth century was, in Karl Marx eyes, a transitional state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism. During the Industrial Revolution, Socialism was a big topic for debate because it was about economic equality and justice for all people in Europe. The main contributor of this movement was Karl Marx. Marx in the nineteenth century set the foundation of many ideas at the time. One of Marx’s writings was The Communist Manifesto. This writing opened up a lot of discussion for debate such as Eduard Bernstein’s Evolutionary Socialism, Clara Zetkin’s, The German Socialist Women’s Movement, and Lenin’s What is to Be Done?. Although there were similarities between all of these documents, there was also