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question 15 of 20
the excerpt below is from the communist manifesto by karl marx and friedrich engels. which political leader ascribed most closely to their vision for society?
\when, in the course of development, class distinctions have disappeared, and all production has been concentrated in the hands of a vast association of the whole nation, the public power will lose its political character. political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another. if the proletariat during its contest with the bourgeoisie is compelled, by the force of circumstances, to organise itself as a class, if, by means of a revolution, it makes itself the ruling class, and, as such, sweeps away by force the old conditions of production, then it will, along with these conditions, have swept away the conditions for the existence of class antagonisms and of classes generally, and will thereby have abolished its own supremacy as a class.
in place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.\ 1

1. karl marx and friedrich engels, the communist manifesto (project gutenberg ebook 61, january 25, 2005), accessed september 11, 2013, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61/61.txt.

a. nelson mandela during the african independence movements
b. mohandas gandhi during indias fight for independence
c. vladimir lenin during the russian revolution
d. kwame nkrumah during ghanas nonviolent political revolution

Explanation:

The excerpt from The Communist Manifesto emphasizes class struggle, proletariat revolution, and the establishment of a class - less society. Vladimir Lenin was a key figure in the Russian Revolution, which was based on Marxist - Leninist ideology. This ideology aligns with the concepts of class struggle and proletariat rule as described in the manifesto. Nelson Mandela's struggle was against apartheid (racial segregation) in South Africa, which was more about racial equality rather than class - based revolution in the Marxist sense. Mohandas Gandhi's fight for India's independence was based on non - violence and Indian nationalism, not on the Marxist class struggle model. Kwame Nkrumah's nonviolent political revolution in Ghana was more about national independence and African unity rather than a proletariat - led, class - based revolution as per Marxist theory.

Answer:

C. Vladimir Lenin during the Russian Revolution