Ideal Society In The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

What is an ideal society?

An ideal society is defined as having an organized government, individuality and personal freedom, and class consciousness. An organized government is having an authoritative figure such as a president, ruler, or authoritative figure to take control of a country and or territory. Individuality and personal freedom is the idea in which people in society have the ability to express themselves via speech and self-expression. Class consciousness is the variation of wealth and the awareness and knowledge of other classes. In The Communist Manifesto, Marx depicts what an ideal society should look like through the lens of communism through describing oppression of classes; therefore an ideal society should not consist of

Democracy involves an organized government, individuality and personal freedom, and class consciousness. A democracy has an authoritative figure who makes decisions for the country such as vetoing laws, keeping our economy in order, and establishing allies with other countries to ensure transport of goods. As far as individuality and personal freedom, a democracy enforces on ideas of freedom of speech, religion, and choice. Freedom of speech allows an individual to express their personal values and as well as protest against any discriminations they are experiencing. Freedom of religion allows an individual to believe in anything they want whether it is a certain faith or not believing in any faith at all. Freedom of choice allows an individual to freely make their own personal choices such as choosing their own career path, what college they attend, their prefered clothing, food, choice, etc. In contrast, communism is the opposite of a democracy. According to Marx, Communism is defined as a “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”(Marx, 61). This quote describes communism as split into two classes: Bourgeoisie (the wealthy) and Proletariat (the poor). The issue with this idea is that there is not a middle class. You are either rich or poor. You can work really hard, but find yourself living in poverty

In the past, women’s suffrage is a prime example in which the government and society operate democratically. Society uses the ideal society of democracy with women’s suffrage movement. During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, women and women organizations worked to gain the right to vote and also fought for economic and political equality as well as for social reform. For example, a powerful advocate figure of the women’s suffrage movement, Susan B. Anthony, demanded that the fourteenth amendment would guarantee the right to vote as well as allowing African American men the right to vote. The government, helped women’s suffrage by listening to society’s perception on women’s suffrage and then making a decision to pass the nineteenth amendment and fourteenth amendment, allowing women in the United States the right to vote (“Women 's Rights Movement”). A current example of the ideal democracy society is the establishment of LGBT rights. For example, in 2015, the U.S. passed a law to permit gay marriages in fifty states. The U.S. supreme court ruled that “states cannot ban same-sex marriage, thereby requiring all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples”. This means that states cannot ban same-sex marriages from happening and that it is mandatory that all states give couples marriage licenses. As far as society, they fight for individual rights such as gay