Compare And Contrast Communist Manifesto And Marxism

Marxism and the ideals of the Communist Manifesto diffused during the twentieth century in a variety of similar yet differentiated ways. Marx, Engels, and Lenin's version of communism was created and seen as entirely equal in the proletarian class. China and the Soviet Union implemented these ideas of building a classless society destroying exploitation and the occurrence of equality amongst the people. Both of these nations adapted and differentiated these idea,s to their needs, this all lead to the slowing or breaking of their country economically, politically, and socially.

China began as a socialist country that was under extreme circumstances, failing immensely under the Chinese imperial system. The transition to becoming a communist country took much longer than a few years, it took decades. In the 1920s China began to
The Soviet Union was a capitalist state that was damaged due to the lack of resources and necessities after World War I. Economically they were incapable to grow due to the poor leadership, mostly towards the middle class, with socialist ideals. The Bolsheviks were capable to sight the flaw and wanted to gain the power of the Soviet Union under the power of Lenin. Unfortunately the Bolsheviks were a socialist group during this upheaval leading to the failed attempt. Few social mobility was allowed after World War I, canceling the effects. The Soviet Union decided to populate the communism into the parties through socialism first, for it was much easier than capitalism to communism. Communism did not succeed due to not disrupting the power but they did allow the upper classed elite to have more power. This all shows how the USSRs communism differed from that of the ideals of Marx in the communist manifesto. The selfish upper class ruined the plan of distributing equality and resources, leading to the downfall of the supreme Soviet