'Because The Communist Manifesto has been so traduced and so feared, many people who haven’t yet read it think Marx’s polemic was either an instruction manual for overthrowing the government (Step 1, raid the police stations. Step 2, seize the post office, etc.) or wistful schematics for a society free of want and poverty.'

https://newrepublic.com/article/170065/read-communist-manifesto-china-mieville-spectre-haunting-review?ref=the-browser