The Communist Manifesto

 In essence, The Communist Manifesto has become the contemporary guidebook for socialism because it has been used throughout the 20th and 21st centuries to justify bloody socialist revolutions and the formation of socialist regimes.

The Communist Manifesto begins with: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles," which essentially theorizes that all of human history can be boiled down into one simple theme: class warfare.

According to Marx and Engels, the vast majority of societal conflicts stem from "Class struggles" between wealthy property owners and workers.

In other words, according to Marx and Engels, once the proletariat takes power from the bourgeoisie and implements the communist 10-point plan, class warfare will disappear, equality will triumph, government will no longer be necessary, and everyone will live in harmony.

In the years and decades after The Communist Manifesto was published, the exact opposite occurred, especially in the United States.

These reforms, along with a steadily rising standard of living and formation of a consumer-driven middle class, show how misguided Marx and Engels were in their vision of the future.

Despite the growing evidence that the plight of the working class was steadily improving, socialists, particularly in Europe, still adhered to Marxist orthodoxy and rallied to create a series of socialist states that they believed would bend the arc of history in favor of collectivism. 

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