Between 1750 and 1846 there were many debates between liberals, conservatives, and socialists over the proper role of government in the economy. Some examples of socialist debates were the different political parties such as the Communist party. Economic issues include the role of government and how active they should be in the economy. Lastly there were many influential people, such as Karl Marx and Klemens von Metternich, who had very strong views on socialism and conservatism causing conflicting ideas to spread.
Socialism was largely influenced by Karl Marx. Karl Marx led the communist party and wrote the manifesto outlining his plans for the future. He was one of the first people to suggest violence and revolutions …show more content…
During the 19th century it was known as Classic Liberalism, liberalism was based on enlightenment thinking, and they also believed freedom speech and had other views of equality. Some well known liberals were Thomas Malthus, Jeremy Bentham, and J.S. Mill, Malthus believed that the population would outgrow the food supply were as Bantham was a proponent of Poor Laws and Mill believed in absolute freedom of one's opinion. Classic Liberalism was more reformist and political rather than revolutionary in character although in Britain many issues such as factory regulation and male suffrage caused liberals to fight to protect their rights.
These ideas heavily influenced society because it lead to the revolts of 1848 which are considered a major turning point in history. These economic and government issues had been around since the French Revolution which of course led to all of the revolts and eventually more revolutions. Overall liberalism, conservatism, and socialism may differ in views but they laid the basis for ideas for centuries to come such as the unification of
Socialism was largely influenced by Karl Marx. Karl Marx led the communist party and wrote the manifesto outlining his plans for the future. He was one of the first people to suggest violence and revolutions …show more content…
During the 19th century it was known as Classic Liberalism, liberalism was based on enlightenment thinking, and they also believed freedom speech and had other views of equality. Some well known liberals were Thomas Malthus, Jeremy Bentham, and J.S. Mill, Malthus believed that the population would outgrow the food supply were as Bantham was a proponent of Poor Laws and Mill believed in absolute freedom of one's opinion. Classic Liberalism was more reformist and political rather than revolutionary in character although in Britain many issues such as factory regulation and male suffrage caused liberals to fight to protect their rights.
These ideas heavily influenced society because it lead to the revolts of 1848 which are considered a major turning point in history. These economic and government issues had been around since the French Revolution which of course led to all of the revolts and eventually more revolutions. Overall liberalism, conservatism, and socialism may differ in views but they laid the basis for ideas for centuries to come such as the unification of