Communism In Karl Marx's 'Communist Manifesto'
Communist Manifesto Essay
The Communist Manifesto, though sometimes difficult to grasp, was a good read. The Manifesto provided great insight on what communism is truly supposed to be. Not only did it do that but it showed the reasons why communist stand for what they do. Overall I think Marx did a good job on the Manifesto which can be seen in his clear explanations and arguments.
Marx starts the book off by immediately showing that there has always been class struggle from “freeman and slave, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed…” (Manifesto 61) I feel as though this helps set the reader up to understand the dynamic between the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat before he goes into detail. This is good because if one doesn’t understand this …show more content…
Such as when he argues for the abolition of private property. “Do you mean the property of the petty artisan and of the small peasant a property that preceded the bourgeoisie? There is no need to abolish that, the development of industry has to a great extent already destroyed it” Manifesto (75) This points out that communist aren’t taking away from the proletariats they are trying to help but taking away from the bourgeoisie. Something that anyone who wasn’t the bourgeoisie would’ve probably supported. When talking on petty- bourgeoisie socialism he points out that they tried to make modern means of production fit into old ways, which never works like he points out when he says “this form of Socialism ended up in a miserable fit of the blues.” (Manifesto 87) While he does have good arguments he does use a fallacy, appeal to emotion when he says “Do you charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty.” (Manifesto 79) This is a fallacy because he is using the thought of a child being exploited to get people to feel more for his
The Communist Manifesto, though sometimes difficult to grasp, was a good read. The Manifesto provided great insight on what communism is truly supposed to be. Not only did it do that but it showed the reasons why communist stand for what they do. Overall I think Marx did a good job on the Manifesto which can be seen in his clear explanations and arguments.
Marx starts the book off by immediately showing that there has always been class struggle from “freeman and slave, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed…” (Manifesto 61) I feel as though this helps set the reader up to understand the dynamic between the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat before he goes into detail. This is good because if one doesn’t understand this …show more content…
Such as when he argues for the abolition of private property. “Do you mean the property of the petty artisan and of the small peasant a property that preceded the bourgeoisie? There is no need to abolish that, the development of industry has to a great extent already destroyed it” Manifesto (75) This points out that communist aren’t taking away from the proletariats they are trying to help but taking away from the bourgeoisie. Something that anyone who wasn’t the bourgeoisie would’ve probably supported. When talking on petty- bourgeoisie socialism he points out that they tried to make modern means of production fit into old ways, which never works like he points out when he says “this form of Socialism ended up in a miserable fit of the blues.” (Manifesto 87) While he does have good arguments he does use a fallacy, appeal to emotion when he says “Do you charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty.” (Manifesto 79) This is a fallacy because he is using the thought of a child being exploited to get people to feel more for his