Compare and contrast the Communist Manifesto by Marx and What Is To Be Done by Lenin.

The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. During this time, many intellectuals were examining Europe's capitalist system and the effect that industrialization had on the working class. Marx was not the creator of the socialist movement. While attending the University of Berlin, Marx studied the works of Saint-Simon, Fourier, and Cabet and he found their principles too idealistic. Marx began using history, economics and science to create the "foundations of …

…of "the drawing up of leaflets, the working out of approximate plans, and the appointing of bodies of leaders for each urban district." Lenin held that Social-Democracy should consist of a small group of "professional revolutionaries" that would expose societal problems and inspire a "revolutionary consciousness" in the working class. <Tab/> I got a 90 on this because I didn't bother to write a conclusion paragraph. You might want to add one.