The Spectre Of Communism In Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto

In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx sets out his philosophy regarding the spectre of Communism. Communism is the theory of goods owned equally in common to those who need them. This belief of an equal society has been historically brought upon a struggle between social classes. Marx believes the war between the bourgeois, the capitalists who solely own all the means of production, and the proletarians, the mere owners of labour power, will eventually lead to a revolution. He wishes for an association which in which there is free development for all. In the passage, Marx points out the existing society. A nation with a history of class struggles. Marx’s society is one where there is a division between the capitalist in power and those working for them. Historically, the bourgeois industrializes primitive societies that become wealthy by employing labour workers. The exploitive work relationship creates capital for the employer and maintains low wages; therefore, the poor worker is forced to build surplus products which the free man will then sell for profit.

Those with power and private property will not increase in number; therefore, wealth will never cease to exist. In contrast, the former lower state of the middle class gradually sinks into the proletariat. The few resources available to lower class become scarce as their population grows. As the middle-class increases in numbers, there is a common feeling that naturally encourages people to unite together against an antagonist. Even though the proletariats has become the majority, the upper class will continually prevent the rising of the lower class. The upper class has no desire to concede any amount of power or property to the lower class. Therefore, the proletariat will only achieve a higher statue by uniting to claim for rights and stripe the upper class of power. The struggle between the social classes will lead to a