MarxismIn 1848 Karl Marx

(German Philosopher)

wrote the “Communist

Manifesto” that simply stated these reasons

Capitalism cannot survive.

Society in general is made up of two main factions

• These factions are in relationship to the economy of a society.

• Economy- the way a nation or society makes and distributes money.

Bourgeois• The first class is the Bourgeois or the upper

class who controls capital, the so called owners and the wealthy.

Proletariat

• The second class is the Proletariat or lower class the so called working class in a society who usually has modest to little money yet does the work.

• Belief: Capitalism cannot and will not survive. The proletariat will eventually rebel and government will have to take over due to the massive intervention of the rich on society. The poor does all the work and the rich gets the benefit due to their ability to invest large sums of money. The government has to eventually get involved to produce programs to satisfy the poor and eventually government has to take over. A government which takes control of goods and services as opposed to the people having control is called Socialism.

Karl Marx’s belief:

The final result is:Revolt