Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto discusses class struggle and the exploitation of subordinate classes by the dominant class. It highlights how capitalism leads to alienation of workers from their labor and potential. The chapter concludes with a call for workers to unite and overthrow the dominant class, advocating for a classless society based on equality. This is relevant in today's world as we strive for equality and a more equitable distribution of resources. In the Communist Manifesto, the first chapter, Borghese and Politarians really stood out to me. One of the things that stood out about this chapter was the focus on class struggle. Marx and Englis, they argue that throughout history, societies have been characterized by class struggles where the dominant class exploited the subordinate classes. In the capitalist system, the Borghese owned the mass production, while the Politarians, they sold labor powers to survive. Another thing that stood out to me in this chapter was the capitalism and alienation. It discussed how capitalism led to alienation of the workers from the products of their labor, from the labor process itself, and from the human potential. Basically, humans weren't able to reach their full potential because they were boxed in just due to their class. They didn't have the different things to be successful as the higher classes would. You see that a lot today in the world now, in different places, in different areas, in different cities. I'm pretty sure every city has their different class breakups and different things like that. You see it within the school systems. You see it within just the environment overall in the different areas. This chapter concluded with the famous call for workers of the world to unite and overthrow the Borghese. It advocated for the establishment of a classless society where production is collectively owned, not just one class is broken up into multiple and different classes. These social relations are based on equality. That's a big thing as well in today's world, which is why it stood out to me, because we are big on harping on equality, equality, equality now, and trying to spread the production throughout different classes so everyone can have these tools and things like that to be successful. For more UN videos visit www.un.org