Fallacies In The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

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It was written by Karl Marx, assisted by his fellow countryman Friedrich Engels. The work was published on February 21 1848, by German based revolutionary socialists known as the Communist League. The political pamphlet had a great influence on its society and asserted “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” (Part I) and that the proletariat, the working class, would put an end to all classes in society. The two influential philosophers, Marx and Engels, strived to enforce communism with the use of propaganda in hopes of Europe adopting Communism. Marx was able to instill fear in the people who opposed communism by starting off with ‘’A spectre is haunting Europe–the spectre of communism.’’ (Part I). European powers allied together against communism, often dismissing the idea. Ergo, the Communists assembled together and put their beliefs into writing. Subsequently Marx states, “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of the world, unite!” (Part I). From the preceding quote we can conclude Marx is trying ignite a revolution from the proletariat against the

The purpose behind attributing the economic failure to the bourgeoisie was to present communism as the only governing option. At the time, Germany was still in a state of feudalism and many were hopeful for socialistic government. By criticizing the bourgeois institutions, they downplayed socialism as an alternative to the status quo solely because they preferred