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In comparing Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" and Henry George's "Thou Shalt Not Steal," this paper compares the views and philosophies of these 19th century thinkers. A comparison is drawn between Marx's brand of communism and George's brand of socialism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and the idea of "for the good of all." While economist Henry George, who was in the same generation as Marx, did not make quite as large a splash with
his theories of socialistic economics, he, too, developed socialist theories about wealth and its distribution and was not shy about talking about the importance of creation of wealth and all
sharing in that creation. This paper will examine two writings, the "Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx and "Thou Shalt Not Steal" by Henry George, and compare the two. Although Marx
was frankly contemptuous of Georges more socialist ideals, the two mimicked each other remarkably. For those well-versed in Marxism, "The Communist
Manifesto" was the Bible and founding document of the Communist Party. Throughout the essay, Marx consistently downplays and denigrates the role of bourgeois, believing those of great wealth have always
suppressed the proletariat, which is a group of laborers consisting of lower-class serfs and peasants who had little wealth, and who had to work hard (Marx, 2002). The founding of
America, notes Marx, wasnt necessarily the founding of a land and a society that could produce and maintain free and equal men, rather it was a "fresh ground for the
rising bourgeoisie" (Marx, 2002). In theory, then, according to Marx, the "modern bourgeoisie" arent the farmers and land-owners in the olden days,
but rather, those that own the industrial plants and factories, and those who subject the "proletariat" to working long hours so that the owners may gain even more wealth (Marx,
2002). "The bourgeoisie . . . has agglomerated production, and has concentrated property in a few hands," Marx noted (Marx, 2002). And because of the industrial age, Marx notes, the
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