“The Argument for Communism: Yes or No?”

“The Argument for Communism: Yes or No?”

Karl Marx, founder of the Communist Movement, is most accredited for his anti-Capitalistic views and theories which seek to uncover the underlying “evils” and more importantly the ultimate demise of capitalism. Marx’s revolutionary movement sought to establish the proletariat, or modern wage laborers, as a dependent class by abolishing private property, thus destroying the economic system of capitalism and replacing it with Communism- an economic system whose sole purpose is to give everyone the equal opportunity to succeed in life through the elimination of class antagonism. By focusing on and evaluating all of the constituents which support Marx’s argument for a Communistic society a reader may reflect not only on the inherent issues present in Communism, but may further question the validity of Marx’s argument that Communism is a necessary product of the flaws of capitalism.
Karl Marx utilizes his conception of his...