A Synopsis of the Book, "The Communists Manifesto"

The Manifesto explains the goals of communism as well as explaining the theory about this movement. Class struggles are caused by past events. These class relationships are determined by economy or the means of production. In the end, these classes would clash creating a revolution. As a result of a revolution, a new class would form and begin to rule. The two classes that are the part of the main clash are the bourgeoisie and proletariat. The proletariat would lead the revolution.
In all of history, it was just a series of class struggles. Each of the different societies had different economic structures. In these societies, different classes create conflict with one another when they oppress or are oppressed by each other. Marx believes that history should be understood as a process in which classes of society realign themselves with the changing means of production. According to Marx, history is shaped by the economy only. Religion, culture, ideology, and individual human beings play a very little role. …