Thoughts and Reflections on: The Communist Manifesto

Ben Howson
Thoughts and Reflections
4/23/15


In Reading a short sweet version of the Communist Manifesto, and watching the Red Empire, I believe that you can break down the Communist Manifesto in to three essential components of marxism that I saw taking place in the Red Empire. The one component of Marxism that I saw taking place in the Red Empire was that Engels and Marx believed that communism (a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.) was the best way for Russia to be governed. Another component of Marxism that took place in the Red Empire, was that Engels and Marx believed that Socialism ((in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.) was not the way that Russia should be governed. The final component of Marxism that I saw taking place in the Red Empire, was that both Engels and Marx believed that there should be no class system, that everyone should just be on the same level. Those are my three components of Marxism from the Communist Manifesto, that I saw taking place in the Red Empire.