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The Oppression Of Communism In The Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

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One of the most if not the most compelling pieces of literature on communism, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ political plead The Communist Manifesto presents innumerable facts and ideas surrounding communism and its role in the mid-nineteenth century. Written during a time of great tension, The Communist Manifesto discusses two very interdependent social classes that could not be any less alike. On one hand, the bourgeoisie social class luxuriously thrives on the principle of capitalism, using property accumulation and the growth of industry to remain at the top of society. However, falling under the rule of the bourgeoisie are the countless proletariats, or labor workers. Continuously growing in number and greatly outnumbering the elite bourgeoisie, the proletariats are entrapped, as they are forced to work in the bourgeoisie factories for minimal wages, thus allowing for little or no class movement among the proletariats as well as the …show more content…

With the terms bourgeoisie and proletariat freshly in mind, one can now relate to the quote, “Modern bourgeoisie society with its relations of production, of exchange and of property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells.” This quote accurately summarizes Marx and Engels’ views in The Communist Manifesto, and it can be effectively analyized by identifying key terms and concepts, vital arguments made, and foreshadowing by Marx and

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