Analysis Of Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

Karl Marx opens his famous Communist Manifesto by writing, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Even though the work of Karl Marx is very controversial to this day, his works can teach us many lessons regarding the implementation of globalism. To this day class struggles can be seen within the system of globalization. Countries such as the United States and other European nations fit the role of the bourgeoisie while developing countries that produce goods are the proletariat. As Kofi Annan once said, "Globalization is a fact …show more content…
Except, even for the first world many underlying problems will begin to sprout. This can be seen in the loss of jobs, and unemployment rates within its citizens. As companies outsource for cheaper labor rates, it does not only harm those being virtually enslaved in developing countries, but also causes problems for those in already developed countries. As jobs are being outsourced to developing countries, people are losing their jobs and livelihoods, having to be retrained for a new profession late in life. Globalization under capitalism only creates a deadly game of cat and mouse between industrialized developing countries, and consumer countries. As the balance of power shifts as developed countries spend away into oblivion, the roles between nations will only be flipped, causing a never-ending cycle of