The Communist Manifesto - Part II

In this section, Marx and Engels try to explain why their communism will work and why people should believe in it. The way they do this is what I really found intriguing. It is very systematic. They address problems the bourgeois class has with communism, and then counters each statement. For example, the bourgeois say that communism will take away all private property. That statement is countered with Marx saying that only the bourgeois have really any property, and that the proletarians have none, and when the bourgeoisie disappear it won't matter because you can't take from someone that which they do not possess. In this manner, they counter all arguments against communism. It almost reminded me of when I read 'Crito'. How Socrates brings up all the arguments people have given of why he should chose exile over death, and how he considers each point separately and systematically to convince others that his choice of death is the only suitable option.