The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx · Friedrich Engels

May 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

In 1847, while in Brussels, the German Communist League asked Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx to draft a pamphlet on the principles of communism. It was published in 1848 under the title Manifesto of the Communist Party, and in it, Marx and Engels discuss the basic communist theories on society, economics, class struggles and politics.

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Ratings and reviews

First off, the 5 stars are for the quality of the book, which is great, and people should base their stars on that alone. As for the hilarious manifesto, I actually recommend it since it tells you the real definition of terrorism. No wonder why modern Marxists resort to climate change, which ironically was first introduced by the right wingers, and other ideologies such as the so-called postmodernism and Wokery, Woke Culture or simply Wokesim to brainwash the youngsters of today. Those of us who aren't ideological and science mater to them should be aware of the dangers of these.

I always thought that socialists/communists were silly/delusional, and so I thought, "Maybe their ideas are good, but they don't know how to express them correctly?" I was wrong. They represent their ideas exactly as they are, an explicit recipe for dictatorship and totalitarianism.

This gonna be bit of a long review. The first bit mainly address how people treat the book. Most people come to this book for a few reasons. Either as a joke to complain about the ideology or rarely to learn. For the people complaining actually read the book it's not hard just do it.Most of the complaints are this ideology killed millions of people, or I work too hard to get nothing. First of all those people got killed because a dictator won'ted to. Every country that claims/claimed to be communist aren't really following the true ideology. In a true communist country everyone is equal,but in modern communist countries it is really just a dictatorship. For the second thing In a true communist country food, housing and overall possessions are based only on needs, that means no matter what job you have as long as you have a job you are given what you needed. I really hope that helps with some pre-made biases. Overall the book is solid it goes over the ideology trying to explain as best as possible. I would't recommend this book to most unless they were interested in learning about real communism. It has some grammar that's hard to understand. The only issue I have is the book isn't free even though it's public domain meaning legally you could get a free copy online. That's all I really have to say about this book hope you enjoy the book.

About the author

Described as one of the most influential figures in human history, Karl Marx was a German philosopher and economist who wrote extensively on the benefits of socialism and the flaws of free-market capitalism. His most notable works, Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto (the latter of which was co-authored by his collaborator Friedrich Engels), have since become two of history’s most important political and economic works. Marxism—the term that has come to define the philosophical school of thought encompassing Marx’s ideas about society, politics and economics—was the foundation for the socialist movements of the twentieth century, including Leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism, and Maoism. Despite the negative reputation associated with some of these movements and with Communism in general, Marx’s view of a classless socialist society was a utopian one which did not include the possibility of dictatorship. Greatly influenced by the philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, Marx wrote in radical newspapers from his young adulthood, and can also be credited with founding the philosophy of dialectical materialism. Marx died in London in 1883 at the age of 64.