Development of the communist t
Development of the communist tIf neither Marx or Engels never lived and written the books
they did, former Soviet Union and China would probably be conducting
their governmental systems in a different manner. Defined by Marx and
Engels, the communist theory can be summed up in the single phrase:
abolition of private property (Engels, Marx 80). Communists are
distinguished by the lower working class which will rise to overthrow
the higher supreme class (Engels, Marx 80). The second distinction can
be found in the struggle of the proletariats against the Bourgeoisie,
or the higher class (Engels, Marx 80).
Marx and Engels state that society as a whole is more and more
splitting up into the great hostile camps, or opposing classes; the
Proletariats and the Bourgeoisie (Engels, Marx 58). Political power,
property so called is merely the organized power of one class
oppressing another (Engels, Marx 95). "Communism deprives no man of
the power to appropriate the products of society; all that it does is
to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labor of others by means
of such appropriation (Engels, Marx 86)."
Communists do not form a separate party opposed to other
working class parties. There are ten measures needed to convert to
communism (Engels, Marx 94). 1. Abolition of property in land and
application of all rents of land to the public. 2. Heavy progressive
income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. 4. Confiscation
of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralizing of credit
in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with a state
capital. 6. Centralizing of the means of communication and
transportation in the hands of the state. 7. Factories and production
owned by the state and cultivation of wastelands. 8. Equal liability
of all labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for
agriculture. 9. Combining agriculture and manufacturing industries;
abolition of distinction between town and country by a more equal
distribution of the population. 10. Free education for all children in
public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor (Engels, Marx
94). According to Marx and Engels these were the ten steps to follow
if you wanted your country to convert to communism.
Marx and Engels had their influence in modern ideology because
heads of state put their ideas into action in their own countries
(Hacker 516). Words and phrases taken from Marx and Engels' writings
clearly constitute the ideology framework of communist power (Hacker
516). The former Soviet Union, China, and lesser communist states all
claim to be guided by Marxist principles (Hacker 512). "It would be
wrong to say that two...
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