Capitalist Exploitation

Capitalist Exploitation

Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto

The political cartoon is a form of propaganda that was used by the Bolshevik party during their political uprising. In the image we see a group of overweight men, who represent the wealthy capitalist, being served by poor man who is blindfolded. After someone removes the blindfold, he is able to see the people who he has been serving, realizing he was misguided and decides to retaliate. He soon joins the army in order to fight off the corrupt capitalist who are exploiting the working class. The purpose behind the political cartoon is to provoke anger amongst the working class and to join Lenin in his revolutionary movement.

Russian S.F.S.R Vserossiĭskiĭ t︠s︡entralʹnyĭ ispolnitelʹnyĭ komitet

Primary source

1919 Early 20th century

Willian Diaz