xism has enjoyed brief trials when put into practice, but its effectiveness can be clearly viewed in the collapse of the Soviet Union and the contemptible labor conditions in communist China. Capitalism has simply been proven much more successful.Engels once claimed that Marx would "endure through the ages" (Sowell 220). This is not entirely incorrect. Marx was not wholly foolish, simply mistaken. His legacy has been felt in the influence of Vladmir Lenin, who seized power in Russia; it has been seen in the haunting pictures of early industrial America, where bruised, overworked children hold signs decrying the capitalist system which forced them into labor at an extremely unsafe age. Marxism does, in short, have a following.The Communist Manifesto closes with the statement "Workingmen of all countries, unite" (Marx, The Communist Manifesto 44)! Marx implored the world to follow his vision; whether it was a true hope for the betterment of the world or a vision of his own wordily success was a secret that died with him. The fact remains that Marx was inspired by that vision, and nothing illustrates it more clearly than the fact that a man who so clearly failed during his life has become a figurehead of enduring renown....
