The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few.
- from The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848
Question 1
Based on this quote what is the fear of communism?
Responses
A Based on the quote, the bourgeois worried that communism would close the income gap.Based on the quote, the bourgeois worried that communism would close the income gap.
B Based on the quote, the bourgeois feared communism will take away their possessions.Based on the quote, the bourgeois feared communism will take away their possessions.
C Based on the quote the bourgeois feared they would no longer hold political power under communism.Based on the quote the bourgeois feared they would no longer hold political power under communism.
D Based on the quote the bourgeois feared that communism would put them in the same slave-like conditions as the lower classes.