The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels

The essay analyses the depth of the Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The document demonstrates an ideology which was completely different from the social and political concepts that prevailed at that time. This document provides an implicit picture of the social and cultural changes in 1850s Europe. “in the manifesto for the communist league, they laid out many of the central principles that would guide Marxist revolution in the future: they insisted that all history is shaped by class struggle and that in future revolution working class would overthrow the middle class, and replace capitalism and private property with a communist state in which all property is collective rather than individually owned” (Hunt,

Their chief concern was the unbalanced and the unequal distribution of wealth. This was the class struggle with which Communist manifesto opens. “Marx and Engels always placed more emphasis on class struggle than the state that would result from the ensuing revolution” (Hunt, 2012, 708). Marx describes his thought of history that identifies the two classes proletarians and bourgeois. (Hunt, 2012, 708). The bourgeois capitalists increased their own capital and the small business owners and craftsmen failed to compete with them. Thus, their situation became more deteriorated and this created a revolutionary element in the minds of the weaker section for destroying the supremacy of their bourgeois autocrats. The people were so dissatisfied that the society was going towards anarchy. “As the nation-state expanded its power, workers were also drawn to anarchism, which maintained that the existence of the state was the root of social injustice” (Hunt, 2012, 746). The concept of ‘Proletariats and Communists’ describes that the interests of the communists are not different from that of the proletarians. Their main purpose was the abolition of private property, thus equal power and the end of abuse. “Capitalism would be overthrown by these workers — the proletariat — who would then form a socialist society” (Hunt, 2012, 746). Marx

Marxism has an enormous impact on the lives of the contemporary people as well as future social revolutions. Marxism believes that culture is the cause of inequality in the society. To Marx, it is the main cause of perceived deterioration of humanities, social science, culture as well as civilization, therefore, it needs to be corrected by means of politics. The concept of Marxism supports the liberal idea which dated back to the seventeenth century, John Locke and Marx through the mathematical calculations, production, and profit proved the need for social equality. According to the text, “Marx held that the fundamental organization of any society, including its politics and culture, derived from the relationships arising from work or production” (Hunt, 2012, 746). Marxism focuses on the economic inequalities as well as economic classes where there are divisions based on race, religion, family structure, gender, and ethnicity. This ideology places huge importance on the analyses to control a change of the popular culture, discourse, language as well as the mass media. To Marx, culture has a considerable amount of subconscious influences on the people that creates as well as sustain inequalities. Marxists around the globe have tried to eliminate such disparity by having control or restriction on cultures. Different countries like Russia, China, Cuba and Vietnam that aimed to