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Why Comunism Fails

The Communist Manifesto's purpose is two fold; first it is designed to tell the reader what communism is, by way of general information about the beliefs and purpose of communism. The second purpose is to "drum up support" or perhaps "rally the troops" might be a better term in this case. In my opinion the Manifesto fails to be clear on what exactly it wants in certain points, in some places even contradicting itself. But the reason that the manifesto fails is because human nature causes it to fail.

The Communist Manifesto has several ideas that are both intriguing and seem like they would make the world a better place, unfortunately in order to implement these ideas people would have to give up a large portion of their lives. To begin with Marx calls for the working class to throw off their shackles and rise up against the bourgeoisie and by doing this the classes will realign, the people or the proletariat will be in charge of their own destiny not relying on the bourgeoisie to set the standard anymore.

Class struggle is where Marx finds his foundation for the Manifesto "Freeman and slave, patrician and plebian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another…" (CM 219). By talking about the history of this "struggle" Marx makes what is an opinion sound like a fact, which solidifies his foundation and allows him to build more.

It is true that there has been a hierarchy though the ages, that is how societies develop, over time they evolve, but one thing will remain true you will have leaders and you will have workers. Neither can survive without the other, but in Marx's utopia there will be no leaders only workers.

Marx spends a great deal of time ingratiating himself and his ideas to the working man, which of course is the point of the manifesto, by telling the people that he understands their plight, he proves that he has been where they are and that he can identify with...