Thursday, November 19, 2009

Karl Marx and Communism


Communism is a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress tohward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. Karl Marx lived during Industrial Revolution and he did not like what he sow. That's way Karl Marx ideas was known as Communism. He wanted that workers would share the wealth in a communiism society.Under Communism the government would own all property and everyone would be paid the same.
According to Marx, this would end the evils of Industrialization and Capitalism.
Russia eventually tried a system of Communism, but this system failed after about 70 years.

There still are Communist Countries Chin, Cuba, and North Korea.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution


Industrial Revolution evented Many new machines that could make products much faster, and new sources of power helped to run these machines. People began to move from farms to cities in order to work at these new factory jobs. But the Industrial Revolution also allowed people to acquire more products as goods became cheaper and more plentiful. Karl Marx lived early during Industrial Revolution and he did not like the Industrial Revolution. Karl Marxs felt that Industrial Revolution allowed the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. He viewed the Industrial Revolution as an extension of feudalism, where factory workers were like peasants and factory owners like nobles. Marx wanted the workers to share everything. That's way Marx ideas worked for Communism.