The ideas of Communism first started with German Philosopher Karl Marx. With the help of Fredrick Engels, the two of them published The Communist Manifesto, which at the roots were anti-capitalism. In the Manifesto, the state would gain more power, and social class structures would be dismissed. ... Lenin had finally come into power and immediately creating his new form of government using the ideas of Karl Marx as a basis. ... The Communist party has had a bad history of death since Lenin and Stalin. ...

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Old Major represents Karl Marx who instigates the Communist manifesto. In the story, Old Major which instigates rebellion of Animalism with the manifesto "the life of an animal is misery and slavery" (Chapter 1, page 3) this is the same to the manifesto in with Karl Marx uses to instigate Communism. ...

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The most appealing of these ideas was Marxism, named for Karl Marx who was a 19th- century German thinker. ... Marx claimed that the triumph of the middle class, or bourgeoisie, inevitably led to the rise of a proletariat, or laboring class. ... Carl Marx created The Communist Manifesto which which called for a huge revolt. It ends with Carl marx's stating "let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. ... Many people believed that the communist manifesto provided the blue print for communism and changed the future of economics and political development. ...

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Joseph Stalin was a vile and controlling dictator, but even through his dramatic experiences in life he was able to make the USSR a modern and powerful communist country. ... Stalin began to read about Karl Marx and read the communist manifesto. ...

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