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question 14 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. 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. vladimir lenin during the russian revolution
b. nelson mandela during the african independence movements
c. mohandas gandhi during india’s fight for independence
d. kwame nkrumah during ghana’s nonviolent political revolution

Explanation:

Vladimir Lenin was a Marxist - Leninist who led the Russian Revolution with the aim of overthrowing the bourgeoisie and establishing a proletarian - led state, in line with Marx and Engels' vision of class struggle and the eventual abolition of class distinctions. Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid in South Africa, Mohandas Gandhi led India's non - violent independence movement, and Kwame Nkrumah led Ghana's non - violent political revolution, but their struggles were more focused on national independence and anti - colonialism rather than strict Marxist class struggle as described in the excerpt.

Answer:

A. Vladimir Lenin during the Russian Revolution