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Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date The Communist Manifesto Book Review For several decades, countries in the world have aligned themselves with various models of development. The two major theories include Communism and Capitalism. Leaders in various European countries discussed widely before and after the Second World War issues relating to Communism. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the main architects of the communist theory during the 19th century. They started propagating their theory in Germany before other nations such as Russia welcomed the idea. The two men wrote a politically motivated book that outlined their philosophy. The book titled The Communist Manifesto was published in or around 1848. The book was a summary of the theories propagated by the two men regarding politics, society and the economy of a nation. The book was an excellent masterpiece that outlined the philosophical thoughts of Karl and Friedrich. The book has given ways of how the ideas prescribed in the book should be implemented. Communism advocated for the abolishment of Capitalism due to the shortcomings that were raised by the system. The book first identifies some problems in the society. For instance, it was claimed that the world had become very unfair to the common person. Industrialists were taking advantages of the employees by controlling factors of production (Marx and Friedrich 6). Secondly, the rich and ruling class conspired to destroy the institutions that regulated the existence of the people. Moreover, the philosophy also identified that private property existed but limited to the rich people only. The solution of these problems was outlined in
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