Question

question 18 of 20
read this passage from the communist manifesto by karl marx and friedrich engels:
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
which political leader most closely adhered to the vision for society described in this passage?
a. mohandas gandhi during indias fight for independence
b. vladimir lenin during the russian revolution
c. nelson mandela during the african independence movements
d. kwame nkrumah during ghanas nonviolent political revolution

Explanation:

The passage from The Communist Manifesto emphasizes class struggle, proletariat revolution, and the establishment of a class - free society. Vladimir Lenin was a key figure in the Russian Revolution, which was based on Marxist principles. Mohandas Gandhi's struggle was non - violent and based on Indian nationalism and religious - moral principles. Nelson Mandela's fight was against apartheid in South Africa, which was a racial - based struggle. Kwame Nkrumah's non - violent political revolution in Ghana was more about national independence and African socialism (not in the same Marxist - class struggle vein as the passage).

Answer:

B. Vladimir Lenin during the Russian Revolution