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Read the following excerpt from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and

Friedrich Engels. How has their prediction of communist revolutions played
out in real world events?
"We have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the working class
is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class to win the battle of
democracy.
The proletariat will use its political supremacy to wrest, by degree, all capital
from the bourgeoisie, to centralise all instruments of production in the hands
of the State, i.e., of the proletariat organised as the ruling class; and to
increase the total productive forces as rapidly as possible.
Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of
despotic inroads on the rights of property, and on the conditions of bourgeois
production; by means of measures, therefore, which appear economically
insufficient and untenable, but which, in the course of the movement, outstrip
themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the old social order, and are
unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionising the mode of production."

A. Several African communist groups joined together in the Warsaw
Pact to resist European colonialism.
B. The armies of North Korea, China, and Russia invaded South
Korea in an attempt to spread communism.
C. The Russian working class overthrew the existing government to
establish a communist state.
D. During the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union protected North Vietnam
from an attack by South Vietnam.

Answer 1

Option C (The Russian working class overthrew the existing government to establish a communist state) is the option that most closely aligns with the predictions of communist revolutions in The Communist Manifesto.

The excerpt from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels describes the process by which the working class, or proletariat, would rise to power and establish a communist society. Let's analyze the given options:

A. Several African communist groups joined together in the Warsaw Pact to resist European colonialism.

This statement does not align with the specific predictions made in the excerpt. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance led by the Soviet Union and included Eastern Bloc countries, but it was not primarily formed to resist European colonialism.

B. The armies of North Korea, China, and Russia invaded South Korea in an attempt to spread communism.

The Korean War involved the North Korean invasion of South Korea, with China and the Soviet Union supporting North Korea. However, the motivations for the war were complex and cannot be directly attributed to the predictions in The Communist Manifesto. The Korean War was not explicitly about establishing a communist society in the Marxist sense described in the excerpt.

C. The Russian working class overthrew the existing government to establish a communist state.

This option aligns closely with the predictions in the excerpt. The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the overthrow of the Provisional Government, establishing a communist state led by the Bolsheviks. This event is consistent with Marx and Engels' idea of the proletariat rising to power to centralize control and fundamentally transform the mode of production.

D. During the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union protected North Vietnam from an attack by South Vietnam.

The Vietnam War was a complex conflict with political, ideological, and geopolitical factors. While the Soviet Union supported North Vietnam, the motivations were not solely about establishing a communist society as described in the excerpt. The focus was on geopolitical considerations and the Cold War rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States.