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                                Chapter 1 of the Communist Manifesto

                                                         by Karl Marx

Please type out answers to the following questions:

For Marx the struggle was between what two groups throughout history?

Who are the two classes Marx identifies in modern society?

How have the bourgeoisie changed the nature of exploitation?

List at least two things that the bourgeoisie has changed in society, according to Marx.

What replaced feudal relations of property?

How has the bourgeoisie contributed to their own demise, according to Marx?

Who does Marx think will ultimately prevail?

In 1 to 2 double spaced, typed pages (paragraph form) answer the following:

Do you think a proletariat revolution is likely in the United States or other industrialized, capitalist countries? Why or why not? Do you think a proletariat revolution would be a good thing? Why or why not?  

Answer 1

Q.For Marx, the struggle was between what two groups throughout history?

Ans. For Marx, the struggle was between the occurred between people who own the means of production and those who do not own any means of production and work for the people who own the means of production. The struggle is between the 'haves' and the 'have not.'

Q. Who are the two classes Marx identifies in modern society?

Ans. For Marx, the two classes are -the bourgeoisie (the property-owning class) and the proletariat ( the industrial working class).

Bourgeoisie, the social order that is dominated by the so-called middle class.

Q. How have the bourgeoisie changed the nature of exploitation?

Ans.Marx argued that the capitalist bourgeoisie exploited the proletariat. They amassed wealth for themselves and paid very little wage to the labors.

Q.How has the bourgeoisie contributed to their own demise, according to Marx?

Ans. Marx believed that capitalism contained the seeds of its own destruction. The bourgeoisie depended on the work of the proletariat. The owners maximized their profit leaving the workers poor and exhausted. This will give rise to a feeling of resentment leading the proletariat to revolt against the bourgeoisie. The final struggle would lead to the overthrow of capitalism.

Q. What replaced feudal relations of property?

Ans. As new technologies were invented and market forces grew stronger feudal society changed.

Q. Who does Marx think will ultimately prevail?

Ans.For Marx, classless society will ultimately prevail. Communism will ensure that everyone will produce according to one's ability and consume as per ones need.In such a society, land, industry, labor and wealth would be shared among all people. All people would have the right to an education, and class structures would disappear.

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