The Communist Manifesto

Let me start by saying the Communist Manifesto was an EXTRMELY difficult reading. However, I WAS able to understand some of Karl Marx’s basic principles and ideas. He starts off talking about two classes: the Bourgeois and the Proletarians. The Bourgeois was described as the upper class that would do anything to gain more wealth, even at the Proletarians expense. The Proletarians were considered the working class, which usually consisted of most of the people. He explained how the Proletarians suffered while the Bourgeois flourished beyond imagination. However, he would go on to introduce the idea of communism, which would, in his mind, make things more equal.

Communism promotes a classless, stateless society, where the community owns every means of production. In addition, it endorses free education, there’s no land ownership, and no inheritances. Marx believed that the more a person had, the more they should contribute to society and give to the less fortunate; as he held, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his means”. He meant to even the playing field between the Bourgeois and the Proletarians by giving the lower class a say in things. Essentially, he advocated a more equal distribution of wealth among the citizens to make for a better society.

Although the Communist Manifesto was somewhat hard to understand, ultimately it highlighted an important issue in society. By no means, in my opinion, should the poor suffer so that the wealthy could prosper. With that said, I don’t necessarily agree with all of Marx’s suggestions on fixing it, but something does need to be done to make for a better world.