He predicted that the proletariat would be triumphant.
Marx and Engels proposed that when a true Communist society emerged, it would be stateless and classless.
He predicted that the proletariat would be triumphant.
No, Marx anticipated that Germany or England would become the first socialist countries because they were the most industrialized of the capitalist countries. Because of that they had the most developed proletariat. Marx believed the workers revolution required that intense capitalist phase in order to crystallize the differences between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. In Russia, that hadn't happened yet, so Marx did not see communism taking root in Russia yet. In fact, he thought Russia was totally unsuitable at the time.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels believed in the concept of historical materialism, which suggests that economic factors are the driving force behind societal change. They also proposed the idea of class struggle, where the conflict between the bourgeoisie (the capitalist class) and the proletariat (the working class) would ultimately lead to a revolution that would establish a classless society.
Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engles (1820-1895) founded the modern Communist movement to promote the value of the common man, and to end the suffering of individuals under the rule of aristocracies and tyrants. Their aim was ultimately advanced by the Bolsheviks under Lenin, but perverted under Stalin to create the very sort of ruling class that they wished to eliminate.
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Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto where they outlined the aims of a communist state: the end of capitalist exploitation of the workers by the middle classes, the end of nationalism - as all workers share a similar culture and nationalism is a capitalist construct and the end of exploitation by the ruling class
Karl Marx predicted that the working class, or proletariat, would eventually rise up in a revolution against the capitalist system, overthrow the ruling class, and establish a classless society where the means of production are collectively owned.
They would unite to overthrow the political and social order
Most notably was the withering away of the State.
Most notably was the withering away of the State.
He believed that the proletariat (the masses) would seize control of the means of production. This belief, according to Marx is indisputable and scientific. It is a process, according to Marx, that cannot be altered based on his studies in human history and practical economics. Marx did not take into account true human history. Class struggle is not the only means by which history develops.