The Manifesto of the Communist PartyThe Manifesto of the Communist Party is too long to be a concise statement of principles and too short to be a book. It comprises approximately 17,000 words, including various introductions by Friedrich Engels. It is organized essentially into four sections. The first section introduces the Marxist idea of ​​history as class struggle. It juxtaposes the conditions and development of various layers of society, “free men and slaves, patricians and plebeians, lords and serfs… in a word, oppressors and oppressed”. It hypothesizes that the development of each of these elements over the course of history gave rise to the next stage of an inevitable historical process ultimately culminating in the rise of a working class. Marx and Engels put forward the idea that the working class is exploited by the bourgeoisie. Positing a labor theory of value in which the value of goods and services is based strictly on the amount of labor put into them, the Manifesto asserts that all surplus that accrues to the capitalist in the form of profits is in reality "property » of the working class who created this wealth. The second section of the Communist Manifesto addresses the nature of the new working class which it calls the proletariat. It reviews its implications for the progress of society, including the abolition of property and the family. This section also emphasizes a kind of utopia that can only be brought about through violence and conflict with the working class wresting power from the bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production). This conflict should also lead to the end of nation states and, ultimately, all forms of government, resulting in a workers' paradise. Parts 3 and 4 of the Communist Manifesto are more obscure and relate more to the politics of the era and geographic region in which the document was written (1848). Section 3 discusses the different forms of socialism, feudal socialism, petty-bourgeois socialism, and “real” socialism. The fourth part continues by showing how these different groups interact. The document ends with a moving cry: “Workers of all countries, unite!” » As might be expected, the Communist Manifesto is a declaration of the intentions of a communist organization. . However, it turned out to be much more than that. It also served as a short and concise explanation of the ideas that form the foundation of communism and...... middle of paper ......from being just one or two large brewers, now micro-breweries have become fury. Where only a few networks dominated the airwaves, hundreds of channels proliferate. The Internet opened publishing to anyone with a few dollars to rent a server. The cost of entry in many, but not all, markets has become relatively cheap. In essence, Marx was wrong, not because there was no class struggle. There have indeed been class struggles throughout history. He was wrong because he did not see that the dialectical process would elevate the working class to the level of an entrepreneurial class and would not bring the whole of society back to the lowest common denominator. We are still struggling with this process. Ultimately, the efficiencies brought by the capitalist system, if allowed to operate in a free environment, will ensure a high standard of living for most of the world. The Communist Manifesto still finds favor with many political groups and its principles and ideas deserve to be adopted. study because it contains economic and historical truths. It also turned out to be the..