The Communist Manifesto was written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In the book they explain what communism is and how the concept came to be. It is split into four sections to help explain the different aspects of the Communist party’s ideas and goals. The Manifesto opens with, “A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of communism,” (14). Marx continues on to explain that all of Europe has begun to align themselves together against Communism. Therefore, the Communists have come together to write the Communist Manifesto, so that their thoughts and theories can be published for the public.
The first section of the Communist Manifesto introduces many important ideas. One of the main topics in this sections is Marx’s thoughts …show more content…
Marx talks about the effects of globalization. “In place of the old wants, satisfied by the production of the country, we find new wants, requiring for their satisfaction the products of distant lands and climes” (16). Here he is saying that because the bourgeois are expanding their consumption and production of new and different things, people are developing desires and wants for things they did not previously know existed. Due to this, old businesses of the native country are falling apart and being destroyed. He continues on to talk about self-sufficiency, and how countries are no longer self-sufficient because they are dependent on other places to receive products. Minority movements were also an interesting topic. Marx says that most movements are movements made by minorities for the benefit of the minority. In this case, a minority being something like a royal family or a dictator. He is in favor of a majority rule instead, where the proletarians are in charge. Marx goes on to suggest that armed revolution is the only way to change …show more content…
The first category is Reactionary Socialism. Reactionary Socialism has three subcategories: Feudal Socialism, Petty-Bourgeois Socialism, and German or “True” Socialism. The aim of all these Reactionary groups is stopping the rise of the bourgeois. The second category is Conservative, or Bourgeois, Socialism. This category represents the people who want to “redress social grievances in order to secure the continued existence of the bourgeois” (31). They want the benefits of living in their current social conditions without the risks that accompany them, such as danger from a revolution. Essentially, they want a society where the bourgeois have all the power and the proletarians have no power and do not fight or hate the bourgeois. The third category is Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism. The Critical-Utopian Socialists and Communists were some of the first proletarians to try to change things for themselves. Unfortunately, their vision was unrealistic because what they wanted was a utopia, which is impractical in reality. Marx’s reasons for the failure of the ideas proposed by these groups, is that they are all missing important Communist
The first section of the Communist Manifesto introduces many important ideas. One of the main topics in this sections is Marx’s thoughts …show more content…
Marx talks about the effects of globalization. “In place of the old wants, satisfied by the production of the country, we find new wants, requiring for their satisfaction the products of distant lands and climes” (16). Here he is saying that because the bourgeois are expanding their consumption and production of new and different things, people are developing desires and wants for things they did not previously know existed. Due to this, old businesses of the native country are falling apart and being destroyed. He continues on to talk about self-sufficiency, and how countries are no longer self-sufficient because they are dependent on other places to receive products. Minority movements were also an interesting topic. Marx says that most movements are movements made by minorities for the benefit of the minority. In this case, a minority being something like a royal family or a dictator. He is in favor of a majority rule instead, where the proletarians are in charge. Marx goes on to suggest that armed revolution is the only way to change …show more content…
The first category is Reactionary Socialism. Reactionary Socialism has three subcategories: Feudal Socialism, Petty-Bourgeois Socialism, and German or “True” Socialism. The aim of all these Reactionary groups is stopping the rise of the bourgeois. The second category is Conservative, or Bourgeois, Socialism. This category represents the people who want to “redress social grievances in order to secure the continued existence of the bourgeois” (31). They want the benefits of living in their current social conditions without the risks that accompany them, such as danger from a revolution. Essentially, they want a society where the bourgeois have all the power and the proletarians have no power and do not fight or hate the bourgeois. The third category is Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism. The Critical-Utopian Socialists and Communists were some of the first proletarians to try to change things for themselves. Unfortunately, their vision was unrealistic because what they wanted was a utopia, which is impractical in reality. Marx’s reasons for the failure of the ideas proposed by these groups, is that they are all missing important Communist