The Communist Manifesto

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Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto is a political pamphlet co-authored by Karl Max together with Friedrich Engels in the year 1848. Karl Max was a German philosopher, historian, a social scientist, as well as a revolutionary. Arguably, Karl Max is the most influential socialist thinker of the nineteenth century. However, it was after his death when his contributions regarding political, economic, and social ideas got acceptance and recognition in the contemporary society (Chattopadhyay 21). Just like Karl Max, Friedrich Engels was also a German philosopher together with a social scientist. However, Friedrich Engels was a businessperson and a journalist. The two philosophers became partners while in Paris and worked closely with one another that resulted in the production of the Communist Manifesto (Chattopadhyay 23).
The Communist Manifesto is a revolutionary summons that targeted the politicians, the working class, and the influential members of the society. It is the most influential political theories existing to date. The passage attempted to reflect and explain the goals of communism. Karl Max and Friedrich Engels envisaged a society without social classes together with the other attributes associated with the capitalism (Marx & Friedrich 3). These attributes include private property and states. They did not like the exploitative treatment that industrial workers faced at the hands of their superiors. They argued that the exploited workers were likely to spearhead a revolution where capitalism is overthrown.

Karl Max and Friedrich Engels provided a theoretical basis that paved the way for the political systems of different countries such as China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Cuba (Macfarlane 264).
The historical context of the communist manifesto traces back in the year 1847. At that time, a communist league that comprises a group of radical workers met in London where they decided to approach both the Karl Max and Friedrich Engels. They approached them with the intention of drafting a manifesto on their behalf. They named it a communist manifesto. Karl Max was the principal author while Friedrich Engels assisted him with editing work (Marx 2). The communist manifesto was a result of the hardship that the poor people suffered at the hands of the rich and leaders in the 19th century in different countries such as Germany, England, and France. Therefore, the industrial revolution that happened across Europe during the 18th and 19th century gave the two authors ideas of communists manifesto (Marx 3). Most notably, the writing of the manifesto was at the eve of the great Germany revolution that happened in the year 1848. Karl Max and Friedrich Engels provided a theoretical basis that paved the way for the political systems of different countries such as China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Cuba (Macfarlane 272).
Despite Karl Max and Friedrich Engels work of communist manifesto got praises and applauds across the world, their idea of communism did not go well with everyone. Discrimination is a typical social occurrence. In the society, not everyone can be equal because there must be individuals that are leaders, subjects, workers, and bosses. Therefore, classes, states, and private properties must exist in any society. Consequently, Karl Max and his partner Friedrich Engels were wrong to propagate their idea of communism. (Macfarlane 269). Moreover, their work also led to a series of revolutions across Europe. Besides, their ideas as entrenched in the communist manifesto is a failure in the countries adopting it as their central political system. Therefore, Friedrich Engels and Karl Max idea of Communist Manifesto did little to help bridge the gap of social stratification witnessed in the world (Macfarlane 275).
Works cited
Chattopadhyay, Paresh. “Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on Communism.” Oxford Handbooks
Online, vol. 2, no. 3, Jan. 2013, pp. 21–43.
Macfarlane, Helen. “Manifesto of the German Communist Party (1848).” The Cambridge
Companion to the Communist Manifesto, vol. 3, no. 2, 2013, pp. 261–282.
Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. Origami Books, 2018.