Communist Manifesto Comments

The melodrama of the communist manifesto is rooted in its stark hero and villain who occupy totally disparate roles in society. Marx argues that the ebb and flow of society is rooted in social revolution. Our current capitalist model is the product of the overthrow of the feudal system by the bourgeoisie who greatly profited from the rise of the industrial revolution. This also took power away from the church and other existed power structures. I'm sure that before the rise of capitalism, the oppressed hero would have thought that capitalism is the good answer against the evil/overbearing church. Now that the system has been in place for a while, a new hero has emerged to fight the aristocrats/ bourgeoisie. The working class seems to kept in a perpetual state of subjugation and is incapable of freeing himself from "the boss". Marx believes that the proletariat will inevitably rise up to start a new economic order. After seeing the largest protest in American history sweep the nation, it is clear that there is power in the mass that can't be silenced by "alternative facts".