Communist Manifesto Research Paper
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto to promote a working class revolution to overthrow the bourgeois class who controlled the factors of production at that time. It can be seen in some parts of the manifesto, the authors seemed to acknowledge the benefits or improvements that the bourgeois have made in the world. As an example, "it has created enormous cities, greatly increased the urban population, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life." (The Communist Manifesto, p. 3) The author implied that the world has become much more civilized and advanced because of the bourgeois. In was stated in the document, "there is too much civilization, too much means of subsistence, too much industry, too much commerce." Karl Marx has shown that in a way the bourgeois has brought on much change towards society and the improvements of the lives of people in the world as compared with
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previous civilizations like the romans and feudal rulers. However, he stated that it was the time to change and argued that in every major time in history, there was a revolution or a movement of the working class (oppressed) against the rulers (oppressor). In ancient Rome, there were plebeians and slaves against the patriarchs. In the middle ages, there were journeymen, apprentices, serfs against the feudal lords and vessels. He also argued that at that time in 1840s, it was the proletarians against the bourgeois. (The Communist Manifesto, p. 2)
The bourgeois has actually done a great job to put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations which oppressed the poor and working class.
They took power from these people and finally the society is divided into two separate classes directly facing each other; bourgeois and proletarians. (The Communist Manifesto, p. 2) Now, according to Karl Marx, it's the time for the proletarians to take power from the bourgeois and create a new world order. In the document, Karl Marx also argued that in the process of doing their job in wiping out the feudal system, bourgeois created the system that will lead to their own collapse, which is full of exploitation and unequal distribution of wealth. (The Communist Manifesto, p. 4) Hence, like every time when there is a strong divide between classes in the society, it is the time for a revolution to occur. It is the necessary step for the society to progress further, and it can only be attained by "the forcibly overthrow of all existing conditions." (The Communist Manifesto, p.
7)
previous civilizations like the romans and feudal rulers. However, he stated that it was the time to change and argued that in every major time in history, there was a revolution or a movement of the working class (oppressed) against the rulers (oppressor). In ancient Rome, there were plebeians and slaves against the patriarchs. In the middle ages, there were journeymen, apprentices, serfs against the feudal lords and vessels. He also argued that at that time in 1840s, it was the proletarians against the bourgeois. (The Communist Manifesto, p. 2)
The bourgeois has actually done a great job to put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations which oppressed the poor and working class.
They took power from these people and finally the society is divided into two separate classes directly facing each other; bourgeois and proletarians. (The Communist Manifesto, p. 2) Now, according to Karl Marx, it's the time for the proletarians to take power from the bourgeois and create a new world order. In the document, Karl Marx also argued that in the process of doing their job in wiping out the feudal system, bourgeois created the system that will lead to their own collapse, which is full of exploitation and unequal distribution of wealth. (The Communist Manifesto, p. 4) Hence, like every time when there is a strong divide between classes in the society, it is the time for a revolution to occur. It is the necessary step for the society to progress further, and it can only be attained by "the forcibly overthrow of all existing conditions." (The Communist Manifesto, p.
7)