Communist Manifesto: All that is solid melts into air
In the Gospel of St. Matthew, chapter 27 A-B, the people are given the traditional release of one prisoner. They have a choice, the just man Jesus Christ and the "notable" prisoner Barabbas. When asked which prisoner should be released the people responded, "Barabbas." (convinced by the chief priests and elders.) Pontius Pilate asks what punishment he should be given. "They all responded: Let him be crucified." Disturbed by the obvious injustice, Pilate feebly asks, "What evil hath he done?" The people rise in blind, tumultuous cries, "Let him be crucified!" Again, Pilate appeals to them by washing his hands before the people and saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person." The impassioned crowd, the tumult rising, calls the accountability upon themselves, "His blood be on us, and on our children!" Bach captures the horrific nature of this event exquisitely in "The St. Matthew Passion." The chorus explodes into rising human voices, violently one upon the other, in a terrifying spectacle of mob mentality. The listener is disturbed; the wrongness of it frightens and saddens him. This is an example of a mass human sentiment. It is undeniably immoral and frightening in its intensity. The people are aroused beyond even wha
The defining interest of the bourgeois is the voracious accumulation of private property. Property, under exploitive society is "based on the antagonism of capitol and wage labor. What is left for him besides his animal pleasures? Could this not be defeating? Where does his new found strength come from and why is it essentially communal? Marx answers that this development is necessary one. " (Cmp11-12) The union continues to expand and the power increases. Over time these forms of government were destroyed and replaced, along with the belief that was the way society should be. All formerly baseless relations dissolve as well, "It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties . In Bach's work, following the insurrection of the chorus of "Crucify him!" are some of the loveliest pieces of music ever written. However, with the epoch of bourgeois society, a tremendous change is occurring: everything is being simplified. Each man is an autonomous individual programmed on at least an animal level for his own personal survival, he experiences distinct emotions and desires, he is given certain facilities and skills different from other human beings. The various interests and conditions become more equalized.
Common topics in this essay:
CMp15 Capitalism,
According Marx's,
Wealth Nations,
CMp35 Marx,
Section Engles,
Matthew Passion,
Proletariat Cmp3,
Pontius Pilate,
Free Trade,
Karl Marx,
marx claims,
bourgeois bourgeois,
wage labor,
law morality,
society history,
worker produces,
mass sentiment,
lone voices,
common property,
cost production,
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