Marxism is a beautiful theory of universal equality

When Karl Marx and his fellow sponsor Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto of the Communist Party, they probably did not even expect that this brochure with a scary start about the wandering ghost would become a bestseller, and where - in Russia! Marx himself did not like this country for many reasons. Therefore, he could not even imagine that it would become a place for trying to realize his ideas.

As Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) explained many years later, Marxism is a product of synthesis of three basic ingredients: English political economy, Thomas More's utopian ideas and classical philosophy. They are also the sources and constituent parts of this teaching.

When G. Plekhanov translated the Manifesto into Russian in 1882, in Europe this theory was not very popular. Marxism in Russia, too, did not immediately take over the minds, but among his admirers, disputes immediately began. Disillusioned in the Narodnaya Volya, intellectuals sought a new appendix for their theoretical research.

Marxism is a theory based on the materialistic perception of the surrounding world. Georgy Plekhanov considered philosophy the most important of the sciences, which, unlike other, secondary branches of human knowledge, covers the whole picture of the universe. History, in his opinion, is studying the development of production relations and productive forces.

The "Black Redistribution" party, created by Plekhanov and Axelrod, became a signal that Russian Marxism arose. The way to social transformations was seen by him through the struggle between the antiquated representatives of the feudal classes and the bourgeoisie. The victory of the latter opened the way to the working class.

A new generation of Russian Marxists-the Social Democrats-was going to take more radical measures. They considered both the bourgeoisie and all classes standing between it and the proletariat, as reactionary. The contradictions within the RSDLP led to a split in the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks in 1903, at the second congress of this party. The initiator of the split was Lev Trotsky, who stood on the maximalist and irreconcilable positions. In 1917 the Bolsheviks carried out a violent seizure of power. The revolution began to be called not immediately. For example, I.V. Stalin often refers to this event as a coup not only in his articles, but also in their names.

Now there was nothing to prevent a very bold experiment with no historical analogues on one sixth of the land of the whole planet. He consisted in inculcating the enormous and multinational composition of the former Russian Empire with many concepts that until then had been completely alien to him.

Of course, not all of this theory was subject to vaccination. Marxism is a theory, but in practice ... The abandonment of property, the institution of marriage and the right to educate their children has remained unrealized elements of a real communist society. The universal equality, too, was not achieved. People were people, they wanted to have their own house and their belongings.

However, today there are people for whom Marxism is a method of overcoming the contradictions of modern society. The desire for equality and social justice makes them even today open the "Manifesto of the Communist Party" and again with nostalgia read about the ghost wandering around Europe ...