Chapter Summary: The Lorax By Karl Marx

Since the inception of communism in the early 1840’s, the idea has created turmoil and instilled fear in both the western world and eastern world alike. This philosophy, created by Karl Marx in his novel The Communist Manifesto has started wars, created a massive decline in productivity and destroyed the liberty of many deserving citizens. Leaders of communism, including Hugo Chavez and Joseph Stalin, have perfected the art of exploitation of the mind through mob mentality, or the human tendency to take on certain emotional, violent behaviors in large groups. Arthur Miller in the play The Crucible and Ray Bradbury in his novel Fahrenheit 451 critique the negative effects of communism, especially the mob mentality its leaders create in

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.

A person does not have to positively impact the world to be influential. Karl Marx certainly left a mark on the world, but whether his impact was revolutionary or simply detrimental is up to debate. Marx was largely influenced by the ideas of Enlightenment figures like Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Hegel. Most know him in regard to his writing the Communist Manifesto and its influence on revolutions that led to the formation of notoriously oppressive communist states. His ideas form the base of modern international communism, and for that Michael Hart gives Karl Marx a ranking of twenty-seven in his book The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. This ranking seems accurate given the factors that influenced him, his accomplishments, and their effects on the world.

The Communist Manifesto is written by the philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it was published on February 21, 1848. The Rerum Novarum was published on May 16, 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. They are two documents that talk about an issue in two very different ways. These two works have similar general ideas, like the weakening of the old order, class conflicts, and thinking about violent outbursts among the people.

Throughout the communist manifesto, Marx explains the constant battle between the bourgeoisie and the proletarians. The bourgeoisie are seen as the 1% and own most of the property and have most of the power. The bourgeoisie on the other hand can be seen as the working class, or the other 99%. But without the proletarians, the bourgeoisie cannot exist because they don’t have the means to produce. Marx believes there can only be a “1%” because there is the other “99%”. He says “the bourgeoisie can’t exist without the constant revolutionizing instruments of production” (Marx 212). Without the proletarians providing materials and needed supplies, the working class would not exist. This then leads to thoughts of the bourgeoisie being exploited

To understand the arguments and theories of Karl Marx in “The Communist Manifesto”, one must know the difference between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Due to the discovery of new land and the opening of markets, the bourgeoisie arose and with it the proletariat. The bourgeoisie is made up of business/property owners and the proletariat is made up of the working class, who work for the bourgeoisie. With the means of producing goods, the bourgeoisie led society into a new era in which goods were being mass-produced and relations were strictly

Communism is defined, according to dictionary.com, as a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state, and a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. Schools across the globe are controlled by a single person, the principal of the school, who gives all their students a “fair “and “equal” education. North Carolina's public school system, run by the Board of Education, allows the students no say in their education, how their school is run, or what rules are set in place. However, students do get an

In an era dominated by rapid capitalist development and also who had been shaped by Heagle’s philosophy, had provoked the publication of Marx’s ‘The Communist Manifesto’ in collaboration with Frederic Engels to demonstrate his social and historical perspective towards economic growth. Capitalism is the socioeconomic system where social relations are based on commodities for exchange, particularly private ownership of the means of production and the exploitation of labour (Viewed 26 August 2017 ). Marx believed that class antagonism existed between the Bourgeois (higher-middle class) and the Proletariat (working class), which resulted in the exploitation of labour. Despite, Proletariat’s having been paid wages for their labour, the Bourgeoise

In their work called The Communist Manifesto, which was created in 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are exploring their ideas and thoughts on the situation that was taking place in their time : the distinction that was more and more visible between two social classes - proletariat and bourgeoisie. The two authors are explaining how the bourgeoisie is exploiting the working class. They are encouraging the oppressed workers to rise and to confront this injustice in order to make their life better, to start making actions for their liberation.

Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto was published in 1848. Although Karl Marx had been relevant and influential since 1830s it was not until he earned his PhD from the University of Jena in 1941 and established himself as an author, academic, and a journalist living between Cologne and Berlin both in Germany. However, it was not until he penned his signature work, the Communist Manifesto that he solidified his stance on power and power relationship within society. Marx’s theory states that, Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other — Bourgeoisie and Proletariat (Walters, 2015) and his ideas of capitalism began the great debate of a power struggle between those with it and those without it. The Bourgeoisie is the wealthy middle class and the Proletariat is the industrial working class. These two groups were and will always be at odds over many types of power, including but not limited to: financial capability, political power, social capital, property and business ownership, access to opportunity, fair and equal justice, etc…Marx had many pupils who he mentored and peers who helped him expand and sharpen his theories. One of the prominent disciples of Marx, Pierre Bourdieu, built upon Marx’s conflict theory and other thoughts about class and society.

Karl Marx has been understood increasingly as a globalised figure, far from his central European intellectual orientation, political career and origins. Reversing the usual approach, this paper places Marx in the context of the political and intellectual world of nineteenth-century Germany. The article takes a critical look at his life, dictions, and ideas. The piece concludes with a brief consideration of the influence of his ideas and its implications globally. Keywords: Materialism, Exploitation, Alienation, Revolution, Political influence, Philosophical influence.

In London, Marx was finally able to settle down for the rest of his life. He did not have much money, so he had to live in poverty until he died. This did not stop his initiative though; in London, he created a new headquarters for the Communist League as well as another organization. He continued to work as a journalist, but this never gave him enough money to live comfortably. The last piece of work that was written by Marx was Das Kapital. He wrote this book and then spent the rest of his life continuing to write the manuscripts for the remaining volumes of the book, but he was never able to complete these. Marx died in London, on March 14, 1883, his cause of death was identified as pleurisy. Even though he lived in poverty until he died, he had a very large tombstone that had the finals words of his book The Communist Manifesto inscribed in it.

Communism was definitely a beautiful idea, and Karl Marx was a genius; maybe the greatest mind of the 19th century. But don't be tricked into believing that Communism serves a purpose other than being a beautiful idea; that it was actually effective. For now we know, through past history, that it's impossible for Communism to work.

Marx believed that the capitalist system causes the world’s wealth to be concentrated in the hands of the greedy few, inflicting an even bigger gap between the rich and the working class. Needless to say there is always going to be never-ending tensions between these two classes, especially since our society has been split between the “99%” of the working class and the “1%” of the privileged people getting richer every single day. When there are no principles of order and no boundaries of rules, the free market is able to produce more than what the capitalist can sell. However, when too much of one product is made, the value and the demand of the product decreases, showing red flags of what Marx’s calls a period of overproduction. It concludes that the supply is greater than the demand, creating a cost instead of a profit for the capitalist since that have to sell what they overproduced. Regardless of this, it is important to know that overproduction isn’t seen as a problem for the rest world unless they are the owners of the means of production- the capitalist class- because it only matters in the concept of profit. The reason behind it as described earlier is if too much was produced and the demand isn’t as high, profit would decrease due to the unbalance of the equation. It makes more sense in Marx’s words which he states, "So long as the most urgent needs of a large part of society are not satisfied, or only the most immediate needs are satisfied, there can of course be

There are many of sociology's founding figures that have extremely well-built ideas, practices and studies that I could explore, but one renowned philosopher stands out amongst the crowd, and that person is named Karl Marx (1818-1883). In this essay I aim to explore and critically assess his ideas, theories, and studies in his contribution to sociology, and if his ideas, theories and studies are useful to this contribution to sociology.