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Communist Manifesto is Marxist
study of human history, the
study of change and progress
in history along with Marxist
concept of class society. In
the opening of the essay Marx
says that the history of human
civilization, he says to develop
is the history of class struggle.
He says that each and every
human society has two classes:
the class of haves and the class
of haves not. The haves are
also called rulers or power
holders and the haves not are
also called ruled or powerless
people. In his opinion, there
is always negative relationship
between these two classes of
people because the rulers always
exploit the ruled.
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When
there is maximum exploitation,
the ruled attack against
the rulers which Marx
says class struggle.
In the class struggle,
the ruled get victory
over the rulers because
the rulers are fewer
in number. Then the
ruled get power so they
began to exercise power.
All of the struggles
and with the gain of
power; Marx calls all
struggles as political
struggles. He also says
that history is dynamic
and progressive, dynamic
means change which is
possible through progress.
After the class struggle,
history changes which
is dynamic process and
with in the change of
time there is also progress,
so Marx says history
is dynamic & progressive.
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Marx
has given so many examples to
support his idea of class struggle
in his history as well as dynamic
and progressive qualities of
history. He says that in the
ancient time there were two
classes: Masters and slaves.
After the class struggle, this
class contrast was abolished
but in the middle age, again
two contrasting classes came
in to existence: Feudal and
workers. The feudal were the
property owners who owned a
lot of land property and they
kept so many workers who ploughed
land and grew the crops. Whatever
was grown up the workers did
not get it but the Feudal owned
everything, it was the exploitation
of the workers by the feudal,
so that they had class struggle
and the workers defeated the
feudal. Marx even described
about the rapidly developing
modern material world of the
bourgeois. The bourgeois is
the modern capitalist class,
which is the most progressive
class because it has made a
strong progress in the material
world. It has developed different
means of property such as transportation,
communication, science and technology.
But, bourgeois society has also
its weakness because in the
name of material progress it
begins exploitation. Everything
is evaluated in the relationship
of money in bourgeois society
and it gives birth to the exploited
class of the worker called proletarians.
The proletariat class is the
class of the all workers who
work as wage labors such as
doctors, engineers, professors,
lawyers etc. They are not given
true value of the work and bourgeois
exploit most part of their earning.
The bourgeois does not work
at all but it becomes the owner
of large private property, while
the proletariat works day and
night but does not get any property
at all. It is because of the
exploitation. When bourgeois
society is too much developed,
it established again as multinational
companies everywhere in the
world and in the progress of
business and trade, the bourgeois
moves everywhere in the world.
It becomes successful to collect
raw material even in the Dark
Continent such as Africa. It
takes the raw material in chief
price and sells the commodity
in high price, which is the
means of exploitation. Farmers
are not given true value of
the work because they have to
sell raw chiefly and they have
to pay the product expensively.
Maximum exploitation to the
labors increases because huge
machines replace the workers
and the workers are not properly
paid. The proletarians and the
bourgeois also take part in
class struggle but in the beginning
the proletariat losses because
it is not united at first. When
the proletariat is united and
when a small part of bourgeois
come to be united with proletariat
it become successful over the
bourgeois. Finally, proletariat
comes to get power.
Marx
has also given his idea about
the elimination of private property.
He says that private property
is the cause of exploitation
and the ownership of private
property causes class contrast
and class conflict. Similarly,
he says that private property
is the main cause of exploitation
because the more we earn the
more we want to earn and for
more earning exploitation is
used. Therefore, Marx says that
to avoid class contrast and
class conflict, private property
should be seized and it should
be owned by the state itself.
Such property should be used
for the benefit of the state
and the people. The anti Marxist
blame that people will not work
if they are not given private
property and the progress will
be stopped. But, Marx sweetly
replies that it is not true.
He reminds the readers that
in the bourgeois society there
is no individual property of
the workers but they have been
working day and night, if so,
why people are working in the
bourgeois society.
In
terms of the concept of religion
and nationalism, Marx also gives
his view clearly. He says that
communist’s are blamed
that they do not believe on
religion. He defends that religion
is the matter of concept, which
changes with in the change of
time; as long as religion of
the communists is concerned,
they believe on work for all,
which is the true religion.
Marx rejects the religion of
blind worship because such religion
causes conflict among the people.
Opium causes intoxication to
the people. Such religion is
not necessary to follow, he
even says that communists are
blamed that they do not believe
on nationalism. He defends such
blame that nationalism is less
important than humanism. For
the communists all the workers
in the world are human beings
and they are brothers and sisters
to each other. In other words,
communist focus on humanity
and fraternity and fraternity
are primary but nationality
is secondly affair so it is
less important.
Finally,
Marx also describes about his
concept of classless society.
He imagines that a communist
is the state of equality among
the people, which is possible
by creating classless society.
For the formation of classless
society of equality, Marx presents
some points, which are applicable
in the classless society, for
example, he gives high importance
to eliminate all the private
ownership of property. All individual
should be seized from his or
her private ownership of property.
Secondly, all the property should
be under the ownership of the
state bank and such property
should be used for the welfare
of the state and the people.
Thirdly, all fallow (uncultivated)
lands should be irrigated by
the state to increase the crops.
Fourthly, he focuses on equal
development of cities and villages
so that migration to the city
becomes stopped and there is
equal proportion of population
in the city and the village.
Marx also says that the state
should own a means of transportation
and communication. The state
also should encourage for the
development of personality equally
so that all get equal opportunities
of making career. He also says
that there should be state owned
free education to all the children
and the education must be compulsory,
all the children education system
should be scientific and technical
so that the product of education
should be productive and independent.
These ideas give the Marxist
concept of classless society.
But, anti Marxist blamed that
even in the communist state
there are rulers and ruled so
there is not classless society.
This blame is meaningless and
illogical because classless
society neither the prime minister
nor the labor owns private property
because all means of property
are on the name of the state.
So there is classlessness and
equality. |