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Loading... The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics) (original 1848; edition 1998)by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Martin Malia (Contributor)
Work detailsThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx (1848)
 SpasticSarcastic | Apr 1, 2013 |  I enjoyed reading this a great deal. It was nowhere as difficult or as inaccessible as I imagined. But it was also rather depressing because though I understand the position of the authors, so much of the manifesto reads as a youthfully idealistic vision of what can be and no real grounding for how to make it be. (  ) h_d | Mar 31, 2013 | Marx was an interesting thinker and the strength of this work is Marx's critique of capitalism. Marx predicted problems we are currently dealing with today, such as, globalization, corporate greed, and redundant wars. Although it sounds like a good idea, Marx's concept of an equal global classless utopia is impossible and dangerous. Social dominance is integrated in human nature, along with many other undesirable human traits. Marx doesn't answer the question of who is going to check the state that has power over private property, the national bank, control of communications and transportation, the industrial armies, etc. This gives power back to the state over the worker, and history has shown the suffering this can lead too. To me Marx has a simplistic view of the world. He has this notion that economics dominants everything in a society. The truth is society, culture, and customs are more complicated and dynamic than Marx would have one believe. He does have some good ideas, but his global utopia is not practical in today's world. (  ) moonbutterfly | Mar 31, 2013 | Leitura fundamental para quem se interessa por história ou comunismo. ( ) JuliaBoechat | Mar 30, 2013 | A relevant manifesto for the only way to end capitalism and all of its evils. Workers of the world unite! (  )1  LesMiserables | Jan 18, 2013 |
 In many respects, the Manifesto is not only current, but more current today than 160 years ago. Is contained inThe Communist Manifesto: With Related Documents by Karl Marx Classics of Modern Political Theory : Machiavelli to Mill by Steven M. Cahn Essential Classics in Politics: Marx and Engels by Karl Marx Capital / Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto (Great Books in Philosophy) by Karl Marx Has as a commentary on the text
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All said, however, I think this is one of the most important books you can read in life, and it at least provides you with a better context for political discourse, certainly a good thing considering how the mainstream media floods us with the same corporate-sponsored crap promoting a party system dominated by a couple of parties that all straddle the line between conservative and liberal, in effect varying by only small amounts.
The thing most people don't understand about communism and Marxism is that it's very worker-centric rather than capital-centric, and that has to appeal the majority of people in the world that actually *are* workers and not owners of capital. (