Manifestoooooooo

Pro’s and Con’s …

PRO’S:

1.       I thought that Mark and Engels idea on industrialization was definitely constructive because the Bourgeoisie is constantly expanding. Since they are always looking to take over a new group of people, they needed to make sure that the markets and societies that they were usurping were up to date and ready to go as a way to thrive.

2.       They bring up the fact that communists put the needs of the proletarians before everything else in many situations. I thought that this was again a positive aspect because the working class is being offered a substantial role in society in which they will be given a say in how things are being run.

3.       Mark and Engels also bring up the idea that people should not live in the past, instead, they should focus on the future. A communist society would definitely be a choice when thought of in the manner because they would be focusing on how to fix, innovate, and mitigate situations that would be beneficial for the future, rather than dwelling on negative things that might have occurred in the past.

4.       I also thought that their idea of the graduated income tax was a good idea because, in realty, is it fair to tax a farmer who makes far less than some wealthy landowner who wouldn’t have to pay as much, if any? Not really. I think that this idea is good because it makes the entire system of taxation a whole lot fairer by taxing people based on how much they make.

CON’S

1.       Mark and Engels said that they want to eliminate the property of the bourgeois which will most likely result in nothing but a giant outburst and probably rebellion. This group is one of the most powerful in the area who are clearly going to have means to rebel with, and provoking them is only giving them the incentive to use these means, which could lead to chaos and destruction.

2.       The ten demands written are very biased towards the working class, and subsequently, completely bash and do nothing in the favor of the upper class. Obviously, this was not a smart decision by Mark and Engels because these aren’t going to pass since they are going to get zero approval by anyone in the Bourgoisie since these 10 demands are depriving the upper class of all the advantages they initially had. This is going to trigger a rebellion and chaos, also.

3.       Also, children are put at a disadvantage from this passage because they are being told that they will not be able to choose what they want to do in life when they become older and are looking for careers. It is unfair to expect all children to grow up under the direction of whatever the state assigns them to becoming. This is depriving so many of our youth from being able to explore their interests and following their hearts!

4.       "The abolition of bourgeois individuality, bourgeois independence, and bourgeois freedom is undoubtedly aimed at." This quote that I found also clearly shows how their hatred toward the bourgeois, but more importantly, is showing that these people who are trying to fix things, are only going to end up causing more problems. Their hatred is getting in the way of the big picture: if they want to take away these people’s independence, what kind of a government are they planning on creating? Because clearly, it is not an equal or fair, and in fact, is not going to be successful because in order for a government to work, everyone has to be content with it. At the rate that these people are going, that’s definitely not happening any time soon.