The “Communist Manifesto” Seen Through the Eyes of Karl Marx and Practiced by Other Great Leaders The Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Frederic Engels is one of the most influential books targeted towards communism that has ever been written. This short treatise was published in 1848 and would become one of the most important political influences in European history. Throughout history leaders such as V.I. Lenin and Mao Zedong have followed the foundation …showed first 75 words of 882 total…

…showed last 75 words of 882 total…society. In my opinion, Lenin and Mao failed at human nature for the good of all not just the individual”. I think that they lost sight of the corruption in society and focused more on power, rather than on “the people”. Marx assumed that people would want to “serve the people” without any desire for self-achievement. Communism has a self-destructor, because while trying to establish the system, communism ended up raising opposition and hurting people.