Adam Hahn- Outside Reading- 3

The Communist Manifesto

The preamble speaks to those who might fear communism and asks them to open their minds to the idea of Marx, who claims communism is already a power felt by all Europeans. The first section is titled Bourgeois and Proletarians. Using the ideas of Georg Hegel, Marx believes that looking to the past is the best way to create positive change in the future. Just like the serfs and feudal lords of the middle ages, there is little difference in the way the bourgeois, those who own the means of production exploit the proletariat, the working class. Class struggle is the way for the working class to get justice. Marx expressed a very unique view for his time. After seeing how communism played out it is obvious that it works better in theory than it does in reality. At a time when personal rights meant very little to those in charge the ideas of Marx seem to offer a perfect solution. The radical right of revolution was the only way left for the oppressed to rise above. While communism doesn’t work it offers a great deal of steps in the right direction if used with the best interest of the people in mind.