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    LC272ReadingQuestions

    Marx/Engels"CommunistManifesto"
    1. SummarizethecentralpointsoftheManifestoinfoursentences.(Thisistopractice
    distillingwhatisabsolutelynecessaryfromanarticlewillhelpwithyourwriting):
    Communismisastrongmovementthathasalreadygainedtractioninthepresenttime.
    Communismseekstocorrecttheexploitationoftheupperclassofthelowerclass.Itwill
    accomplishthisbyabolishingprivateproperty,thusequatingallthoseinsociety.Thiswill
    helpcorrecttheeverincreasinggapbetweenthesocioeconomicclassesthatwould
    otherwiseleadtoeconomiccollapseandcivilunrest.
    2. AccordingtowhatcategorydoesMarxinterprethistory?Quicklyoutlinetheprogressionof
    thishistoryto1848.MarxstartsoffspeakingaboutRomantimes,theMiddleAges,andthen
    doesaquickprogressiontotheprogressivecurrentworldwithitsindustrialboom.Itis
    deceiving,becauseMarxforetellssomuchofthefutureofindustry,includingthebuildup
    andeventualcollapseofeconomiesaroundtheworld,includingAmerica,multipletimes.
    3. HowdoesMarxtiecolonialismintohiscritique?WiththecolonizationofAmerica,the
    openingoftraderoutesanddevelopmentallaroundtheworlddevelop.TheriseofAmerica
    asaworldpoweralsoinfluencescountriesaroundtheworldtoeitherjointhebourgeoisie
    systemorfail.
    4. AccordingtoMarx,whatarethegreatestfaultsofbourgeoissociety?Someofthegreatfaults
    ofabourgeoissocietyincludetheexploitationofthemanyforabenefitofthefew,the
    reductionoftheindividualintoasmallpayment,theincreaseofsupplywithdecreasein
    demand,andthesteadygapgrowingbetweentherichandpoor.
    5. Whoistheproletariat?Whoarethebourgeoisie?Proletariatsareworkingclasspeoplewho
    areunabletoproduceanything,andthustheyarewagelaborers.Bourgeoisarethewealthy
    middleclasswhoownmeansofproductionandareemployersofwagelaborers.
    6. WhyistheCommunistManifestoanexampleofutopian/dystopianthought?Thepresent
    timeisthedystopia,andthewaytoachieveutopiaisthroughcommunism.
    7. AccordingtoMarx,howisacommunistsocietybetterthanthebourgeoissociety?A
    communistpartywillnotexploittheworkingclassforthebenefitoftheupperclass.More
    importantly,theabolitionofprivatepropertywilleliminatetheupperclassandtheircontrol
    uponthemanybelowthem.
    8. WhatotherkindsofsocialistsdoesMarxidentify?FeudalSocialism,PettyBourgeois
    Socialism,GermanSocialism,ConservativeSocialism,andCriticalUtopianSocialismand
    Communism.

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