The Communist Manifesto in simple words

The Communist Manifesto (1848) was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It became a revolutionary and radical statement between political parties and the general public during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This manifesto gave birth to a new political concept that is still relevant today. In the Communist Manifesto, Karl and Friedrich described all aspects of history as a result of class struggle between the aristocracy (the high class holding hereditary titles), the bourgeoisie (the capitalist class), and the proletariat (the lowest class/working class).

Its main idea was to overthrow capitalism or a capitalistic society and be replaced by a worker’s society. The main theme was basically that the proletariat should be protected and raised to the position of the leading and ruling class. The manifesto breaks down into a preface, a nice beginning, and four sections later on;
I. Bourgeois and Proletarians
II. Proletarians and Communists
III. Socialist and Communist Literature
IV. The Communists’ position in relation to the various existing political parties

In the first part, they detail class struggle and explain the rise of the bourgeoisie and claim they are exploiting the proletariat for their own use and profit. They’ve become wealthier by controlling production, factories, heavy machinery, and land in general, and they’ve heavily exploited the working class, simply using them to extract all profits. They have made their lives more and more miserable and worse, and they are only blinded by money now. It is a capitalistic society rather than a proletariat society.

In the second part, Karl advocates the idea of communism in favor of the proletariat. The Communists’ intermediate goal is the classification of the proletariat and the overthrow of bourgeois supremacy. The abolition of bourgeois property, rather than the abolition of all property, is the distinguishing feature of communism.

In the third part, they speak out against the communist and socialist views of many other parties, activists, and thinkers who act against their manifesto and support autocracy and the bourgeoisie.

In the last part, they call for a communist revolution and the overthrow of the bourgeoisie. The Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things. In all of these, the Communists themselves disdain to conceal their thoughts and views, so Marx thinks that their end can only be obtained by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.

The Communist Manifesto concludes by stating, “The proletariat has nothing to lose but their chains.” They have a world to win. “Working men of all countries, unite.”

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