Karl Marx was born into a large family living in Prussia in 1818. Marx lived xcc through one of the most transformational periods in human history, The Industrial Revolution (Showers, July 17). The Industrial Revolution was the transition from agriculture to industrialism, which led to the building of factories and overcrowded cities. This transition meant that all of the people that had lived in rural areas would have to move into the city for work. Although Marx grew up in a middle-class home, even he was able to see the large difference in classes at this time. Overcrowding was the first problematic consequence resulting from the start of the Industrial Revolution. The living conditions in this period were horrible and often led to crime,
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During the Industrial Revolution, Europe has no supported social services, no public education, no help for the disabled, no help for the sick or old, and no regulation of housing, industry, or child labor. There was the very wealthy, a very small middle class, and an increasing large lower class. England was much worse, but this happened all over Europe. America’s industrialism had similar results but to a lesser degree that the European peasants experienced. The society Marx lived in was this gap between rich and poor that concerned Marx and influenced his political and economic philosophy. Marx also found influence in philosophical thinkers such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Adam Smith and David Ricardo; Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henri de Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier; Ludwig Feuerbach and Friedrich …show more content…
(Marx, 2003, 126). Marx believed that the classes were slowly “splitting” into the two hostile camps of the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat, who were directly against each other (Marx, 2003, 130) and The cause of this split, according to Marx, is economic interest which is the driving force of human nature (Showers, July 17). Marx believes that through communism, the world could become a perfect society that all would enjoy living in, however, it would take time and it would have to take adjustment and convincing of generations because people so many see competition as the way to progress and move forward. Marx does not see the importance of competition and how it can motivate people even though in a small way that is how his views are
During the Industrial Revolution, Europe has no supported social services, no public education, no help for the disabled, no help for the sick or old, and no regulation of housing, industry, or child labor. There was the very wealthy, a very small middle class, and an increasing large lower class. England was much worse, but this happened all over Europe. America’s industrialism had similar results but to a lesser degree that the European peasants experienced. The society Marx lived in was this gap between rich and poor that concerned Marx and influenced his political and economic philosophy. Marx also found influence in philosophical thinkers such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Adam Smith and David Ricardo; Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henri de Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier; Ludwig Feuerbach and Friedrich …show more content…
(Marx, 2003, 126). Marx believed that the classes were slowly “splitting” into the two hostile camps of the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat, who were directly against each other (Marx, 2003, 130) and The cause of this split, according to Marx, is economic interest which is the driving force of human nature (Showers, July 17). Marx believes that through communism, the world could become a perfect society that all would enjoy living in, however, it would take time and it would have to take adjustment and convincing of generations because people so many see competition as the way to progress and move forward. Marx does not see the importance of competition and how it can motivate people even though in a small way that is how his views are