"The modern laborer, on the contrary, instead of rising with the progress of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the
conditions of existence of his own class. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and
wealth. And here it becomes evident that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society and to impose its
conditions of existence upon society as an over-riding law. The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They
openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling
classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains."
excerpt from the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, 1848
Which statement best explains why Russia adopted the political ideology being referenced in the passage?
A
Russian serfs wanted to abolish serfdom
B. discontentment after years of monarchist rule
C. the need to protect private property from the bourgeoisie class
D. political reformers wanted Russia to become more modern and