Communism Has Denied Basic Human Rights

A modern, academic definition of: Capitalism is an economic system characterized by comprehensive private property, free-market pricing, and the absence of coercion (Sternberg, 2015). It is a right-wing political system that is popular throughout the modern world. An anti-capitalist movement is one that opposes capitalism and what it promotes. An early anti-capitalist movement is communism, founded by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, which is discussed in their book: The Communist Manifesto. In their minds, communism strives for absences of key aspects of capitalism: classes and money (Engels, 1847), it also does not want the state to be involved, which would be a big part of

Communism is not some unverifiable, otherworldly entity, but “itself a Power” (218) already in Europe. The power of communism does not come from arbitrary political systems set up by the bourgeois, but from the natural power of labor and workers.

What is communism? Communism is a term used broadly to designate 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.’ It refers to the doctrine which underlines the revolutionary movement which aims to abolish capitalism and ultimately to establish a society in which all goods will be socially owned, all economic activates socially planned and controlled, and in which all distributions will be in accordance with the maxim. German author Emil Ludwig described the maxim as “for each according to his capacity, to each according to his need.”(1) It is to be distinguished from socialism which aims by constitutional and democratic

Communism is a way of getting rid of all the problems that come from a normal society like, “arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold gradation of social rank” (The Communist Manifesto, 1848). This quote states that a normal society is is split up into complicated division of social ranks. Where communism eliminates that variation of society.

In this paper, I propose that the Communist Manifesto has only a weak correlation to current world. To prove this, I will explore four key factors. First, I will summarize Communism and the foundation of the Communist Manifesto using the designated class study materials. I believe that it is essential for the reader to have a baseline upon which I will then explain my position. I will also explore how Religion relates to the concept of universal justice in society and how it plays into the communist manifesto. I will then analyze the impacts that technological evolution has had in society and show that it does not always benefit mankind. Finally, I will conclude with a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the manifesto as it relates it to the present world.

Karl Marx's communist society is in the anomalous position of being, at one and the same time, the most famous of utopias and among the least known. Popular culture denotes Communism as an inefficient and unrealistic standard of living, and rightly so. However, Karl Marx’s initial conception of Communism was supposed to replicate a real life utopia, where equality amongst citizens was the primary value. Communism would thus be a classless, stateless, humane society erected on common ownership and the principle of “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". Theoretically, this would inspire cooperation and ultimately, a utopian society where everyone is kept content.

In the United States, people tend to believe that communism is always dystopian, and fear it. Although communism can be dystopian, it is not always, because the main ideology of communism is that every person is equal. The word “communism” is “derived from the Latin communis, meaning ‘shared’ or ‘common’” (Dagger, Ball). The meaning of the word itself shows that the idea of communism is not always malicious. The ideology of communism was originally created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in 1848. The reason the book was written was because the authors believed that the working class should control the government. They believed that in a truly communist society, there would be no “class divisions” (Dagger, Ball). Since communism involves

Karl Marx, lived between 1818 and 1883, was a humanist, materialist, and a philosopher, not an economist, contrary to popular belief. “[…] a man engaged in endless internecine political and philosophical warfare” (Menand, 2016, pg. 2). He is the author to the popular text, “Manifesto of the Communist Party” (1848), where Marx defined communism, discussed how industrial capitalism is evil, alienation versus objectification, liberation from alienation, types of class struggles in society, dialectical materialism, and socialism. Marx have always been harshly criticized for his advocacy of communism, but often times, it’s only because people fail to understand Marx’s communism (Marxism). The communism that modern days’ people came to know of are through the political system of Russia, China, North Korea, Vietnam, among other communist countries, where it’s controlled through absolute dictatorship and human’s freedom is reduced; the rise of state capitalism and crude communism. In this essay, I will define communism based Marx’s definition in his text, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”, and explore why and how communism has been distorted for political purposes.

Countries that put communism into practice constantly change the principles, nobody has the same version of communism; these changes do not allow “true” communism to be realized. The lack of success when communism is implemented can be attributed to the constant adaptations made and these adaptations are made for three reasons. To begin with theory of an idea does not always correlate with the actual experiment. Theories rely on set factors that need to be in play, however sometimes in reality these factors can not be met due to limitations or other possibilities. In particular within “The Communist Manifesto” Karl Marx asserts the importance of the leaders having absolute power and this premise simplifies things in theory, but throughout history it has had drastic consequences on societies. These theories are then modified to align with the

Karl Marx is the most famous theoretician of communism. Johnson acknowledges Marx’s most famous quote: “From each according to his ability; to each according to his need” which is a thought that within itself includes the basic idea of communism. Professor Johnson explains that the deeper deliberation of the concept is that everyone is expected to co-operate in the process of production. The individual citizen’s equal rights of access to consumer goods though would be completely unaffected by his own individual contribution to production. (Johnson) It was expected of people to stop thinking about money and how much they get, how much they can spend and how to get more. Furthermore they had to stop thinking about profit, contracts, banking, loans, insurance etc. The communist leaders thought that would eliminate all the major social problems such as class conflict, political oppression, racial discrimination, inequality of sexes, religious prejudice, and cultural backwardness. They believed it would also put an end to more such “psychological” forms of suffering as isolation and feelings of powerlessness. Johnson claims that the specific type of communism that occurred in Easter Europe was the Marxist-Leninist variant of socialism where people believed that a truly communist society can be achieved only through the powerful overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a “dictatorship of the proletariat”. They thought that

To begin, communism is based on equivalence for all members of a workforce. Communism is an “. . . economic doctrine that aims to replace private property . . . with public ownership . . . of at least the major means of production” (Ball). In fact, Christianity has also partially influenced communism. Holy Bible verses instructed early Christians to “let go of worldly possessions.” A main goal of communism is for social classes to view things as similarly as possible. Selfishness was greatly discouraged, as it was believed that ownership should be shared of at least

Everyone would like to live in a perfect society, and in Germany, Karl Marx set out to do just that by creating the government system known as Communism. Though, this system has failed in many countries all over the world because of many significant flaws in the very foundation of the system. Some of the most feared probabilities in society that Communism was created to eliminate still prevailed and were at the heart of the system’s downfall. If the system was infallible, why were so many of its principles created out of the fear of rebellion? The living conditions of the people were unbearable and would lead to nothing but rebellion. The whole system was full of corruption and had no moral standards. Communism has failed in many countries

There can be no doubt over the wide-ranging influence of Karl Marx’s theories on sociology and political thought. His concept of communism overcoming the socioeconomic pitfalls of capitalism has not been a theory that has seen the light of day in the way that he may have hypothesised. There have been many throughout history that have misrepresented Marx’s writing, which begs the question, if pure communism in the original Marxist sense is at all possible given that humanity appears to have an innate ‘need’ for hierarchy and a thirst for power.

“Can't we all just get along?” This is a rhetorical question that has been asked by friends, enemies, and everybody in between for generations. Ever since the beginning of the concept of an argument, people have tried to settle arguments. Settling arguments between people can be accomplished, but on a larger scale, how could the entire world just “get along?” With are the wars, hunger, and poverty in the world, one might wonder if there is one big solution to all the chaos that will solve all the world’s problems. Many people have tried different ways to control the chaos of the world, and a major factor is the form of government the people living in a specific area have. There are many political theories and government types, ranging from things such as a monarchy to a democracy. There is one specific political theory I want to talk about in this essay, and that is communism. Communism is a political theory created by Karl Marx in the 1840s. The basic principles within are that all property is publicly owned and that all goods are owned in common by a governing body and are available to all as needed. That doesn't sound as awful as people today make it out to be, does it? All the people are supplied food, clothes, and other necessities, there is no unemployment, therefore, there is total equality. But if you just dig a bit, you will find that there are actually serious flaws with the practice of communism in a country. Communism as a whole is doomed to fail due to lack of

The theory of communism was designed by German Philosopher Karl Marx. In 1848, he wrote a book of his ideals known as "The Communist Manifesto", which later served as the inspiration for the formation of the Communist Party. Communism is also known as "Marxism." Marx believed that an ideal society must be classless as well as stateless. His main idea and aim +was simple- to allow the poor a fighting chance and free the lower class from poverty. In order to extricate the lower class, he was convinced that the government must control all means of production essentially making everyone equal- no one would be able to outdo anyone else by making more money than others.