Shahrose Javed
Writing Assignment #2
Communism ‘Marx’ the Spot
Karl Marx is a well-recognized and major contributor to the field of philosophy. His most renowned work of literature is the Manifesto of the Communist Party. In the passage, Marx explains that throughout history every society was subject to a struggle between two classes. Furthermore he states that there is always a continuous “fight” between the classes, as each is either labelled the oppressor or the oppressed. Finally Marx describes the fate of the society, resulting in either a revolution and new society as a whole or the downfall of the contesting classes. Karl Marx describes the two classes of society to be the Bourgeoise, who are the capitalists, and Proletariat, who are the working class. Due to the capitalist ideology that the working class can reach a higher standard of living through hard work, they continue selling their work as a commodity and in turn fall victim to alienation. The fruits of their labour become a service to the capitalists, thereby losing meaning. Only with the realization of their exploitment can the working class revolt and establish a socialist government, thus achieving Marx’s end goal of a communist society. …show more content…
As time goes on each class takes a different form and is identified with a different name. However, despite the elapsed time, each of these classes are in a state of constant struggle. This is the case as each class was either deemed the title of exploiter or exploited. Marx believes that there were only two outcomes to the constant battle between these opposing classes. There will either be a revolution, leading to the formation of a new society in all its entirety or the collapse of the contending
Writing Assignment #2
Communism ‘Marx’ the Spot
Karl Marx is a well-recognized and major contributor to the field of philosophy. His most renowned work of literature is the Manifesto of the Communist Party. In the passage, Marx explains that throughout history every society was subject to a struggle between two classes. Furthermore he states that there is always a continuous “fight” between the classes, as each is either labelled the oppressor or the oppressed. Finally Marx describes the fate of the society, resulting in either a revolution and new society as a whole or the downfall of the contesting classes. Karl Marx describes the two classes of society to be the Bourgeoise, who are the capitalists, and Proletariat, who are the working class. Due to the capitalist ideology that the working class can reach a higher standard of living through hard work, they continue selling their work as a commodity and in turn fall victim to alienation. The fruits of their labour become a service to the capitalists, thereby losing meaning. Only with the realization of their exploitment can the working class revolt and establish a socialist government, thus achieving Marx’s end goal of a communist society. …show more content…
As time goes on each class takes a different form and is identified with a different name. However, despite the elapsed time, each of these classes are in a state of constant struggle. This is the case as each class was either deemed the title of exploiter or exploited. Marx believes that there were only two outcomes to the constant battle between these opposing classes. There will either be a revolution, leading to the formation of a new society in all its entirety or the collapse of the contending