Radical Class Theories: Antonio Gramsci, Karl Marx

There are many Radical Class Theories some that come to mind are Antonio Gramsci, Karl Marx and others. What most have in common is that, that most saw economic injustices for the common person the worker. They saw economic development as a constraint along with high and expanding Third World debt. In addition they viewed the current economic system as a class system to keep the rich or the elites in power while the masses where indirect slaves to those elites. Marxism view was that “primitive utopian communist society à slave society à feudal state à capitalism à communism (PowerPoint)” Marx’s believed you could jump over capitalism and go right to pure communism, it’s for this reason why revolutions was right for Marxism in his eyes for his …show more content…
For Vladimir Lenin “Imperialism is the result of overproduction and under consumption, imperialism delays the inevitable revolution, wanted revolution (PowerPoint)”. In Antonio Gramsci eye’s “Politics is the entire complex of practical and theoretical activities with which the ruling class not only justifies and maintains its dominance, but manages to win the active consent of those over whom it rules, moreover power of ideas equal capitalism working because the workers buy into the system (PowerPoint)”. It is this common thread of unequal development for either a political party, class, society, or the government’s elites that moves these theorists towards their thoughts. The two World Wars would be goods examples of how radical theorists would justify their theories. Also you could uses examples of the major powers of the times creating colonies all over the world. They created these colonies for the specific reasons of exploiting natural resources and cheap labor both of which would make them more competitive in the