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"The Executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie" (Communist Manifesto) In what ways does Miliband address the shortcomings of Marx'x assertion regarding the framework of capitalist societies?

“The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie”. (Communist Manifesto)
In what ways does Miliband address the shortcomings of Marx’s assertion regarding the framework of capitalist societies.


Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the Communist Manifesto in 1848 as turmoil wracked Europe. Few people noticed this major work, even though Marx and Engels saw it as one of the most important documents ever written. In writing the Manifesto, they were sure they had found the solution to most of the problems that plagued humankind.
(Marx & Engels, p7)

When Marx made the statement in the Communist Manifesto that: “…the Executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie”, he also gave the bourgeoisie credit for historically playing a revolutionary role in changing society and in taking over that same society, replacing the hierarchy of the monarchy ...

Posted by: Justin Rech

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