Module 4

Political Ideologies (Part 2)

Political ideology is a systematic set of ideas and beliefs held by groups and people
concerning the purpose and scope of government, frequently categorized as liberal
or conservative. Political ideology refers to a collection of concepts that reflect the
beliefs of a nation's system of government. Marx tells about the class struggle
between the middle class and working-class people. I read The Communist
Manifesto written by Marx and Engels. I found out how badly the bourgeoisie abused
the proletarians at that time. The political beliefs at that time revolved around
capitalism where if you don't have your own property and you are not rich, you will
only be a worker who will be oppressed by the middle class. The bourgeoisie
changed the jobs of the people into paid workers even though there were
professions at that time that was no longer avoided by the middle classes.
Proletarians were an important item in the market at that time because they were the
ones who made a living from production and they only survived as long as they could
find a job. But with the change of time, the workers became just arms of machinery
due to the development of machines, as a result, the work of the workers decreased
as well as their salaries.

Then came the communists, who were opposed to the idea of removing laborers'
rights. The goal of communism is to deprive the bourgeoisie of power and fight for
laborers' political authority. Because laborers don’t have any property through their
hardship. Instead, the property or capital they provide serves to make use of them.
This property is controlled by the bourgeoisie, it represents a social power, not a
personal power. This is not the ending of property as a right, they are just changing it
into the common property to merely change its social character, by removing its
class character. In a Communist society, the laborers will exist because of their work,
not for the sake of making bourgeois-controlled property. Bourgeois challenged their
freedom because of the goal of Communist, this is why bourgeois disapproves of the
philosophy of communism. Regardless of bourgeois claims, communists still fight
the rights of the laborers and it keeps them conquering the other class. People hold
various political opinions as a result of their social power. People are divided from
one another as a result of power; it is painful to consider that as a result of power,
some will be abused, some will suffer from poor health, and some will be denied
justice for their rights. But communism, in my opinion, does not belong in countries
that seek decent and meaningful governance because it represents a stateless
society.