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    I believe that Karl Marx and Frederick Engel and W.E.B Du Bois are both right. They both had one specific goal in mind; social equality. Karl Marx and Frederick Engel wanted to close the gap between the ruling class and the working class. The working class were being overworked and underpaid while working in factories. Marx and Engels wanted equality in the society by advocating for a communist society, where all people have equal access to resources. W.E.B Du Bois wanted African Americans to have

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    Both authors Frederick Douglass and Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels focus on the topic of freedom. Both authors argue that they are being oppressed. However, this is where the similarities end. Engels and Marx believed that capitalism was a social system used by the proletariats to oppress the bourgeoisie, and that the only way to be free was to fight back against the system. On the other hand, Frederick Douglass focuses more on his individual story and his struggle for freedom, while he tries to

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    writing of The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844, an important work bringing more attentions to the struggles and problems of the working-class and raising ideas on how to bring reform. Engels friend and life-long work partner Karl Marx in 1844 in Paris, France. Together, Marx and Engel, while establishing modern Communism and Socialism, crafted the Communist Manifesto, among other things. The Communist Manifesto, published in February of 1848, attempts to explain the goals of Communism

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    Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote “Manifesto of the Communist Party” in 1848 in Brussels. This document was primarily focused on political propaganda that correlated with two classes of society. It was written during a time of Communism and social change (Marx, 1). “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles (Marx, 2).” I believe this statement is saying that class struggles are the reason society has developed to its’ current state. Marx and Engels’s primary

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    its convenient geographical location to ports, power sources and climate became the first modern industrial city. Frederick Engels worked with his father as an agent is his Manchester factory. Engels combined his real life experience from life in Manchester and in his father's factory with his strong social morals to write The Condition of the Working-Class in England 1844. Engels illustrates the layout of the city of Manchester, which lies at the foot of a range of hills that inhabits about four-hundred

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    the author and philosopher Frederick Engels takes a historical materialistic approach; which is the methodological approach to the study of human societies and their development with time, also known as the materialistic conception of history. Engels also presents his argument against the capitalist system that dominates at a globalized level. He shows that the capitalist mode of production is fundamentally contradicting, which will eventually lead to its own demise. Engels also indicates that many

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    “have nots” an equal share of the wealth and power is the true ideal of communism.(Britannica, M575) First of all, if you want to know about communism we must first look at Marxism. Carl Marx and his associate Frederick Engels formulated Marxism in the 19th

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    insisted that workers have to work because they have no other option and they do it for only survived. According to his thoughts factory work forces labour and for this reason, the loss of self occurs. His ideas influenced many communist regimes. Frederick Engels is a member of Bourgeoisie class. He is the son of a wealthy German manufacturer but although he is from upper-class like Karl Marx, he is also defender of the working class. He claims that middle-class had become slave of capitalism and money

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    and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels’ The Communist Manifesto were each written roughly hundreds of years apart, but they all seem to connect as a whole. The differences in ideas and opinions each author shared can only lead the reader to question how each author would criticize the writings of their counterparts. For example, where Machiavelli would write about what it took to be a powerful leader, Locke would focus on what it took to be a fair leader. Additionally, Marx and Engels could say they disagree

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    that communism is evil, taught children in schools that it is a dangerous idea, and has even gone to war to prevent the spread of it in foreign nations. But is it really that "evil" of an idea? In The Com-munist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the idea of communism is painted in a much different picture than what is depicted in the United States. Although it was a controversial concept at the time, Marx published this work in 1848, and he provided a convincing case for the benefits of

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