The Argument for Communism

In this reading, Karl Marx argues that capitalism will eventually fail and we will naturally evolve into a communist society. He argues for this by citing some of the various evils of capitalism and their effects on the proletariat. Marx states that under capitalism the proletariat is exploited by the bourgeoisie and forced to live in poverty. According to Marx the natural conditions, which arise under capitalism, are going to force several things to happen within the psyche of the proletariat workers. …