In the "Communist Manifesto", Marx makes a number of sweeping claims about nature of the history of the
world and its implications
for his future. The writer points out that Marx speaks of the way that one system of oppression gives way to another and suggests that, eventually, the weight of the system will bring it crashing down, only to yield to a
world where the majority, as represented by the state, has ultimate control and ownership of the means of
production. The paper also indicates that, within the situation as it existed in Marx's current day, one can see how he was justified in making the predictions he did.