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Political philosopher Karl Marx advocated for a radical world change. This world change would help bring about the dissolution of all forms of governments, with the eventual goal of universal world peace and happiness among the masses. This revolution would start by a violent overthrow of the oppressive overseers; the revolt would grow to a global event. The deluge of outrage would bring justice and peace to the land, with all forms of government becoming extinct.

This concept is grossly mistaken. Violent revolutions will always occur this side of the Armageddon; however, they will not dissolve when everyone is content. If the elites should somehow be finally vanquished, then there will be a power vacuum that will be filled by the leader. This is similar to the story of the Soviet Revolution, as characterized in "Animal Farm." There will always be some sort of elite group that will replace the original oppressive group.

For example, the French overthrew the monarchy and elites during the French Revolution. The instigators of the revolt would assume a mantle of tyranny and persecution. The weak became the strong and oppressed those that granted them power. The Maoist revolutionaries pushed for the freedom of the peasants, yet the peasants still do not have freedom. Revolutionaries who fight for the common man will not grant freedom to others, whether they are Marxist or of another ideology.

There will never be a date that the oppressed will live in peace. As portrayed in Animal Farm, the leaders (i.e. the pigs) will lead the masses into domination. There will never be a utopia that Marx envisions. There will never be a withering away of the state! We were made for society. Man is a social creature and we need each other tremendously. That is why societies formed thousands of years ago, joining people together for protection and cooperation. We were meant to be together within the confines of the community.

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