Karl Marx's Role In History

Karl Marx plays many important roles in history. He was an opponent of capitalism and an advocate of socialism. He was revolutionary German economist, philosopher, and the founder of the Communist movement. He spent most of his life creating a complex analysis of the capitalist system. His work is still very influential to many historians, art and literature scholars, and sociologist. Marx saw history as the story of class struggles, in which the oppressed fight against their oppressors. According to Marx, as history unfolded, the victory of one class would pave the way for the future freedom of the rest of society.
Karl Marx understood that production is not an individual effort, but a collective one. The division of labor was divided into …show more content…
Meanwhile, the rich just keep getting richer while everyone else’s bank accounts are suffering. We have basically an irrational capitalist system. Marxism makes sense of current chaos and in class struggle it also points a way out. The rest is up to us. Marx stated that private ownership of the means of production was the core of the class system. He believed for people to truly be free then the means of production must be owned collectively by the community as a whole. He believed that with the resulting general economic and social equality, all people would have an opportunity to follow their own desires. He dreamed of a utopia where there was equality in the classes. Marx believed that such changes will happen when working class revolts against the owners of the means of …show more content…
I think that there has been a gap between classes for centuries. I believe that those who control the wealth, control the world. We aren’t talking millions dollars but BILLIONS. That is insane to think that there is someone with that much money while there are people looking under rocks for food. However, how can you evenly distribute the wealth evenly amongst people? People work hard all their life to either make it on that list (or born in it) or work all their life to just simply live comfortably. This is not something that happened just over night. The wealth started with these people centuries ago. As much as we would like to live in a happy world where there are no economic struggle and extreme gaps between societies, this seems impossible to accomplish. We go through struggles and hardships to get to where we are today. Should we be upset that we will never reach the list or make close to what those people make? I believe that those who do have all the money keep things running smoothly. I can’t imagine what would happen if that amount got into the hands of some people. However, whether 3.6 billion might join together and demand a change is realistically