The Communist Manifesto — Not What You Think It Is
6 min readJul 5, 2020
The Communist Manifesto, like the Bible, the Qur’an, and The Origin of Species, falls into that category of books that are more discussed than read. Many people feel entitled to hold an opinion about each of those without having read them or even having held a copy in their hands. This is because when a book becomes a symbol of a social movement or a belief system, one’s opinion of what the book…