Communist Manifesto
Society is flawed. Critical imbalances cause much of humanity to suffer. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engle's Communist Manifesto reacts to this fact in describing a vision of a perfectly balanced society, a communist society. It is their response to the new society created by the Industrial Revolution; a massive movement away from small farms and business operated out of homes to instead huge cities with mass-producing factories and underpaid workers. This new society was split into two main classes; that of the rich bourgeoisie or upper class and the lower, working class people, known as the proletariats. These two classes were at odds with each other because as the bourgeoisie became more wealthy and powerful, the proletariats became poorer and powerless. Karl Marx felt that something should be done to correct this inequality in society. He envisioned communism as the answer. It would create a perfectly balanced society where no one person had more than the other. He believed that communism would create the correct balance between the needs of the individuals and the needs of society. Simply put, a communist society is one where all property is held in common. No one person has more than the other, but rather everyone shares
However, even with all of this, the idea of communism has done some good. Clearly it caused some reform in the area of capitalism toning it down from what it was during the time of Marx. It has helped by acting as a mirror in which it is possible to see where society is making mistakes, and where a new balance must be struck between the needs of society. Even an idea such as communism which may not be fully applicable can still have, and has had a profound effect on future society and humankind. From here, Marx moves on to describe the oppressor, the bourgeois. He is quite eloquent in his portrayal of this class. in the fruits of their labors. Marx believed that this social order was society in its best form. Communism created the correct balance between the needs of the individual and the needs of society.
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Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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