When And Why Did Communism Emerge? Communism is a concept or system of society in which the major resources and means of production are owned by the community rather than by individuals. This concept has been around since Plato’s Republic, but it reemerged in mid-19th century due to many causes. Some are more obvious than others, and in this paper I would like to discuss, in length, when and why did communism emerge. Some minor aspects of communism were seen in ancient Oriental societies. For example, there was an Oriental commune which contained elements of "communal landed property," or the idea that all land belonged to the community instead of the people. But that didn’t get far at all, until the mid- 19th century, when the Communist Manifesto was published. The communist manifesto was the fuse that was lit, which in turn ignited all the explosives — the workers. The manifesto was written in 1848, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and it basically criticized the bourgeoisie, by giving lots of examples on how it is not fit to rule the country, and described all the advantages of communism. It was divided into four main parts or chapters: 1. bourgeoisie and proletarians, the chapter in which Marx outlines his theory of history and predicts an end to exploitation. He identifies class struggle as the primary dynamic in history. Driven by the logic of capitalism to seek ever greater profit, the bourgeoisie- one class, constantly revolutionizes the means of economic production, and therefore the other class suffers. The more advancements in production the greater the hostility on the worker’s side, since he gets the same wage, but the owner gets much more. 2. proletarians and communists, the chapter where Marx explains that the communists are the allies of proletarians. Him and Engels mention that if ownership of businesses would be equal, the class barrier would gradually be eliminated. 3. Socialist and commu...
