Read the excerpt from The Communist Manifesto. 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. According to this passage, with which statement would the authors most likely have agreed? Communists should try to win reforms through peaceful means. Running for office at the local and national level will bring about change. Communists should hide their views from the public, and plot in secret. Violence is necessary to do away with the capitalist system.