Karl Marx along with his friend and intellectual partner Frederick Engels wrote Communist
Manifesto in 1848. In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels have criticized capitalism,
highlighted its flaws, and have wished for a new social system. They have criticized capitalism
by stating that it is nothing but exploitation and domination. Capitalism has divided the people
into two major classes that include bourgeois which is also called the ruling class and
proletarians, also known as the working class. The bourgeois is the one who controls every
means of production and they make laborers work to earn money for them. Proletarians or the
workers are just producers and do not get any benefit from their production. Instead, the
capitalists make all the profits and accumulate riches and do not pay the workers what they
deserve.
The Communist Manifesto has greatly stressed upon the difficulties and plight of the labors in
the capitalist society. The authors have discussed how a worker in capitalism is commoditized.
The workers are considered as a part of the equipment and are only important for the production
of objects that are meant to be sold in the market. The workers are also alienated as they are
separated from the product and have no possession over their creation. The authors have also
stated that in order to expand and reach new markets for their products, the capitalists would
move beyond the boundaries of their country. They have predicted that the constant desire for
acquiring new markets and cheap labor would result in now what we call globalization.
However, they have also praised this new industrial transformation for the fact that it would
eradicate old feudal system and would unite the workers. This would start a new movement
against the exploitation the proletariats face. It would enable the workers to construct a new
social system where they would be the one to gain profit from their products.