Karl Marx and Communism

Founder of Communism
- Karl Marx was one of the founders of Communism. His idea of a society was there shouldn't be a system of class and everyone would be equal. Communism would dominate and improve the economy in ways that capitalism couldn't. No one would be exploited and no matter how high a position a person had everyone would be payed the same. Karl Marx wanted a government that benefited the working class(proletariat) and took away the power from the upper class (bourgeoisie). Under the rule of communism there would be no private businesses and it would be a "pure system of sharing"

Communist Manifesto
-Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles wrote the foundation of communism called " The Communist Manifesto". It was written to encourage the proletariats to unite and start a revolution. Karl Marx pointed out that history has always had struggles between the class systems and it would never change. Marx believed that the proletariats should have the control over the farms and the factories because they worked hard.Karl Marx believed that the proletariats were the "good guys" and the bourgeoisie as the "bad people" because during the Industrial Revolution the bourgeoisie abused their power over the proletariats. They also worked in terrible conditions a reason why Karl Marx wanted communism to take over. Many people agreed with his ideas and became communist countries. Karl Marx's ideas were very influential in the 19th century.