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After reading the Communist Manifesto and reading through my classmates’ posts, I can see that many of us have come to similar conclusions about Marxism and his communist theory. @erodriguez317 puts it very well as a theory that advocated for ” a harmonious way of living where it was fair for everyone to live well and not have poor people mistreated by the rich” (The Father of Marxism). Marx saw the problems that societies faced as a result of changing economic structures, and the conflicts that arose between the laboring proletariat and the bourgeois. For example, as we also discussed in class, drastic economic shifts such as the shift to industrialization led to huge conflicts between classes as the richer, managerial class began to exploit the laboring class. His idea of a classless society was to put all people on equal ground and make sure that the rich would not be able to manipulate and exploit the weak and the poor. In theory and on paper, this all sounds fine and dandy, but in real life the greed and power-hungriness of individuals makes this theory impossible to be carried out, as is written in books like Animal Farm and The Giver. In my opinion, there will always be people who, even in a “classless” and “equal” society, who hunger for power and more political control. There will also always be a need for a leader in any group of people to maintain order and resolve issues; however, according to this theory, having a leader goes against the idea that all people are on an equal ground.
As a historical figure, Marx is an extremely significant subject of study, introducing a theory that is now a relevant topic of study in the fields of economics, history, government, philosophy, and so many more. His theory has served as the fundamental basis for many governments, such as the ones in Russia, China, North Korea and Vietnam, and for people who truly believed that this ideal economic policy would be feasible for humans to live out. As a historian, however, I believe he lacks historical analysis and a wide variety of perspectives, even though he gave critical insight into the condition of his times.