Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx's Opinion on the Industrial Revolution
- Karl Marx lived when the Industrial Revolution began. He did not like the revolution at all, he believed that it was just " an extension of feudalism". The industrial revolution caused a huge gap between the rich and the poor because only the wealthy could enjoy luxuries. He believed that the world was divided by the bourgeoisie (factory owners) and the proletariat(working class). The proletariat's situation would never get better as long as the bourgeoisie had the power and that eventually the workers would become slaves to the Industrial Revolution.

Start of Communism
-He believed that Captialism was a poor economic system because he predicted correctly that the lower classes would poorer.Karl Marx wanted the workers to realize that they were more of them then the businesses owners and that they should have the most control He encourage the proletariats to unite and start a revolution.Through the revolution the workers would overthrow the system of capitalism and install a communist government.

-Under communism everyone would be equal. The people would make the same amount of money no matter how high their position was. Karl Marx's idea was that no one would have a private business, everything including housing would belong to the government.

-Karl Marx's ideas influenced some countries but unfortunately communist countries did not last long. Today, the few communist countries are China, Cuba and North Korea. Though these countries have communist goverments they do not practice Karl Marx's original ideas.