Blog 5 The communist manifest and manufacturing consent by Alex Elliot

The communist manifesto and Manufacturing Consent share a lot in conman in regards to their out look on society. The communist manifest descries that there are two classes the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie controls the proletariat though financial repression, the proletariat must work under crushing wages and long hours, their ability to think and organize is limited. The propaganda in Manufacturing Consent is very similar in that propaganda is the controlling factor on the middle and lower classes or the non elite. The public in both sources face a lose of culture and creativity, the proletariat having their artisan jobs replaced by factories and the society having their local and more original programing taken off the air and new being presented with filtered and biased reporting. The way of life of both groups has been changed for the good of the elite. It seems to be the ongoing theme as society advances, first money now ideas.... I wonder what is next.