Adaptation Of Communism In The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

Karl Marx was born in Prussia in 1818. Later in his life he became a newspaper editor and his writings ended up getting him expelled by the Prussian authorities for its radicalism and atheism (Perry 195). He then met Fredrich Engels and together they produced The Communist Manifesto in 1848, for the Communist League. This piece of writing basically laid out Marx’s theory of history in short form (Coffin 623). The Communist Manifesto is mainly revolved around how society was split up into two sides, the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat. I do believe that the ideas of the Communist Manifesto did indeed look educated on paper but due to the lessons of history communism is doomed to fail in the past, present, and future. Communism did not prevail in many different countries, two of them being Berlin and the Soviet Union.

The structure of communism and its main concepts heavily relate to “Harrison Bergeron”. Communisms main idea is to keep the corporations from having too much power; as well as making everything equal. Communisms structure differs from “Harrison Bergeron”, but they both share a lot of characteristics. In “Harrison Bergeron” the government is given way to much power and forces everyone to become equal. Communism also differs greatly from our U.S. government and acts in many different ways. Communism ensures a lot of power and equality, as well as in “Harrison Bergeron”; however, the acts of both governments differ from each other and from the U.S. government.

Communism in theory is a great government system to create equality for everyone. Yet, as history shows, communism does not always play out so well. By examining Stalin’s rule of the Soviet Union many flaws of communism are apparent. Communism creates a system of very robotic citizens free of individually and passion for the work they do. In addition it requires an extremely powerful government that controls nearly every aspect of the citizen’s life. Former communist states have many weaknesses associated with their form of government. Dehumanizing mankind and taking away ones freedom ultimately leads to revolt and the fall of the communist state.

Some may think Marxism and Leninism go hand and hand but they are from similar to one another. It is the contrast between these two political theories that sever the bridge between theory and practice. Vladimir Lenin’s view upon Communism far differed from that of the theorist Karl Marx which leaves us to question as to how could one deem the two interchangeable? How could Lenin proclaim to be a Communist with that completely alter what Marx and Engels provicized to be their view of Communism within the “Communist Manifesto”? Why would people confuse a seemingly democratic view with State Capitalism? The answer to these questions is a simple one for it is all based about lack of one’s interpretation which in turn led to such a conflict of ideals. The misinterpretation in this theory and practice hones it on the misinterpreting of the duties of the Central Government. Misinterpretation is an issue that has troubled the world for centuries upon centuries because interpretations of theories and even other forms of writing has always been based upon the instilled by the interpreter not the creator which seemingly cause conflict.

First off, Communist governments were created because of the shunning of Capitalism. Karl Marx a 19th Century philosopher saw Capitalists becoming the richest people, sitting back gaining most of the revenue while some people would have absolutely nothing. Workers were being taken advantage of, giving them poor amounts of pay, and terrible working conditions. Distinguishing this scenario, Marx decided to write the book The Communist Manifesto with another philosopher, Friedrich Eingels, to describe the goals and operations of a Communist government. He describes a Communist government as one where every person is treated the same in every way, works the same amount, so they all can achieve the same goal of a Utopian society. Expressing this,

The very definition of Karl Marx’s communism preaches for the abolition of government, opting for an autonomous, classless society. The truth is we have failed to construct a completely communist society. Many of Karl Marx’s ideas have re-emerged in recent years, albeit not under the name of communism. The common people, the poor and downtrodden masses are resurrecting Marx’s communism and revising the system to address the limitations and

Another reason as to why communism failed is that the communist country had some international pressure, For example the soviet union had international pressure throughout the cold war due to there belief in communism because the communist government had a hard time finding economic partners and due to the cold war the communist regime disregarded social issues and even failed to achieve economic progress. However one of the big reasons as to why communism has failed is that communism removes the incentive for people to work harder than they absolutely have to therefore damaging the economic state of that country leading to failure and collapse. Although communism can lead to the collapse of a country of the failure of it, communism has some advantages/ benefits. Communism theoretically can improve childcare, public health, education, and social benefits. Another benefits of communism are that all the people are equal, there are no competition, and that all the resources are distributed efficiently. So the theory of communism is great in theory but proved to be disastrous in practice for many

Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto in 1848, and with it a public warning to capitalists that the entire economic, social and political systems would soon crumble. His prediction continues by stating where society was headed as a result of bourgeoisie economics: a revolution by the workers and the eventual ushering in of socialism. Soon after Marx publicized the reasons communism would come to conquer capitalism, riots, strikes and general unrest surfaced in France – just as he predicted. However, the revolution that transpired in France over the next four years disappointed Marx. Marx harnessed that frustration into motivation and published The Eighteenth Brumaire, which can be viewed as the latter half of his bookend to the French Revolution. If the Communist Manifesto is the declaration of purpose for the communist party and the reasons capitalism will falter in the face of socialist revolution, then the Eighteenth Brumaire is an assessment of how and why Marx’s prophetic revolution failed in France.

Communism was built for the government to protect and take care of the people; but the people who practiced communism executed wrongly. The people that practiced communism could almost be put in the category of sadistic. They ended up taking away the freewill of people. They tried to control everything you said, they even tried to control people’s thoughts, but they couldn’t. The way they executed these ways were very grotesque, as if all the people were spies, turning neighbor against neighbor. If you were caught listening or talking about anything American you would be thrown in jail. The person who told on you would be very highly rewarded. Babies would be taken from their mothers and said to be dead, but they would be given to childless couples who were prominent members of the communist regime. Kids would be ripped away from their families if their mother was being perceived as committing a crime against the communist state, the mother would then go to prison, the children would go to a state run orphanage. The government which was doing this couldn’t understand the problem, for they supplied the people with food, a place to live, jobs, equal pay for all, and everybody was equal. At the time they didn’t understand that communism took away the people’s freewill and wasn’t helpful as it was meant to be, for it actually caused more

Patrick O’Neil defines communism in his book Essentials of Comparative Politics Fifth Edition, as “an ideology that seeks to create human equality by eliminating private property and market forces.” O’Neil continues by explaining Karl Marx and his theory on how communism would spread and what it would look like once it formed. Marx’s focus was the fall of capitalism and the rise of the working class (Proletariat). In this society, the state would wither away and a true form of communism would form. This form would have no class struggle or individual profit, but rather an economy focused on equality and the greater good. These goal’s have helped communism spread throughout the world as it has attracted several nations toward the notion of creating a communist state. In this issue brief, I will be discussing what made communism so

In 1844 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles wrote The Communist Manifesto. This book set the basic foundations of a communist state. Karl Marx is often referred to as the “Father of Communism”. Communism is where all economic and social activity is controlled by the government. Citizens have zero say in anything that happens and no freedoms. The government or usually a dictator is in charge of everything that happens.

Many people all over the world look for an outlet for which they can improve their quality of life. They strive to find the means of transforming their dreams into reality. Communism, to people everywhere, has offered the means for transforming the dream of economic equality into reality, throughout history. Communism, however, like various other political and economic movements in the history of man, has become just another shattered dream.

Communism was one of the political theories founded by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx in the end of the 19th century . Both of these philosophers had the same point of view concerning the economic and political principles. Also, Communism brought up many changes to International Relations , and the body of the essay will describe the causes and results of Communism in Eastern and central Europe.

Although at the beginning, communism sounded great to the people of the Soviet Union and China because it created a large number of jobs for people that were in poverty and brought more wealth to these two countries than they have ever seen before. Consequences of going against Stalin and Mao’s idea were harsh, and was the main reason for the downfall of communism. In short term communism was great for the counties, but over time Stalin and Mao gained to much people over the people, turning communism into an idea where people did not have any

Communism is a philosophy and form of government that has been used all over the world. It was created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. For the most part it has failed to build stable and prosperous nations. What factors caused communism to fail? Can we identify those factors and avoid it entirely? We must try to, and preserve our successful form of government.