Communist Manifesto Quote Analysis

In The Communist Manifesto, Marx believes that the working class will overthrow the ruling capitalist class. During the Industrial Revolution in England, the two classes that become defined is the bourgeoisie, which are considered middle class and the proletariat, which are the working class. The modern industry and large capitalists took over small businesses owners, and these groups of people become part of the working class. The proletariat class is large in size compared to the bourgeoisie therefore; wages decrease for manual labor workers while profits increase for capitalist. He believed that the influence of the capitalist extended beyond where the good is produced and into many countries because this is the only way for them to increase their profits. The proletariat class will form trade unions in order to fix their current work conditions, low wages, and long workdays. Marx anticipated that a revolution would occur and the proletariat class would become the only class after the fact. Marx and Engels, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” This quote represented the fact that after the revolution there would only be a single class …show more content…
According to Marx and Engels, “The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.” For example religion is seen as an opiate of the masses. Religion is an opiate for poor people, while rich people view religion as, “God, put you in charge.” This example portrays the distorted perception of his or her current standings within the system. Property owned by ruling class is sacred, workers believe it, and laws and rules confirm it. Marx does not agree with the fact that religion and politics are highly influenced by the bourgeoisie for single purpose of exploitation of the working