I was prompted to reread the communist manifesto, the only book by Marx or Engels that I possess from college, after I had read Freedom and Necessity. It was several years ago, but, I remember noticing a parallel between what Marx and Engels had envisioned for thier social structure, and our own. The best example, off the top of my head, being public education. I did not get so interested in the writings that I read further works by them at that time.