In a nutshell, they believed that the working class were deprived of their fair share by those at the top, who saw most of the profits, while doing less. They believed in a more equal distribution of labor and profits form labor. The United States, where about 2% of the population controls about 95% of the nations wealth, would be an example of the unfairness they were talking about.
If, in a business, all of the employees got an equal cut of the profits their company generated every month (which would be an incentive for everyone to work harder, smarter, and together), that would be an example of the Marxist ideal.
increased men's domination of women.
The Bolshevik Party was based on the ideas of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. From that viewpoint, the Bolsheviks believed that capitalism was inevitable and was the last step before a workers revolution. The Bolsheviks were impatient however, and although Russia was not a highly industrialized nation with a numerous and strong working class, they believed that a revolution producing a dictatorship of the proletariat was possible.
karl marx was a observer of capitalism he was not against it despite everything he disliked about it. Contrary to propaganda the manifesto with marx heavily influenced by blanqui... later anounced at the communist national in 1850 that capitalism was a PERMANENT REVOLUTION. Marxist beleive that in order to have a socialism or communism you had to have a highly developed technologically advanced free trade capitalism first. remember communism is a self regulating classless society after all classes cease to exist a economic production=consumption.
No. Communism in the sense Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and others have meant it is in almost no way imaginable similar to capitalism, aside from the fact that both are better than the systems that came bfore them. Capitalism is better than feudalism and communism is better than capitalism. Communism in the sense most people mean it, Stalinism, has some more things in common with capitalism, both are very repressive and bureaucratic for example.
Marx and Engels opposed laissez-faire capitalism because they believed it perpetuated class inequality and exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie. They argued that unregulated markets led to the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few, while the working class suffered under poor working conditions and low wages. They viewed laissez-faire as a system that prioritized profit over human welfare, which ultimately undermined social and economic justice. Instead, they advocated for a collective ownership model that would promote equality and address the needs of all members of society.
Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital with his friend Fredrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social scientist, and co-author of "The Communist Manifesto" with Karl Marx. He believed in the idea of a classless society where the working class would overthrow the capitalist system. Engels also emphasized the importance of material conditions and economic factors in shaping history and social relations.
Yes, Friedrich Engels, in collaboration with Karl Marx, observed the negative effects of capitalism on the working class. Engels documented these observations in works such as "The Condition of the Working Class in England" and highlighted issues such as exploitation, alienation, and widening inequality caused by the capitalist system.
Karl Marx and fredrich engels created the political theory of communisum
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Marx and Engels believed that the Industrial Revolution, with its rapid and disruptive changes to society and economy, created the conditions described in their writings. The transition from feudal agriculture to industrial capitalism led to the rise of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, setting the stage for class struggle and the eventual overthrow of capitalism.
increased men's domination of women.
Engels wrote about socialism to promote the ideas of Karl Marx and to advocate for a society that operated on principles of equality, cooperation, and communal ownership of resources. He believed that socialism could lead to a more just and egalitarian society, free from exploitation and oppression. Engels saw socialism as a necessary response to the injustices and inequalities of industrial capitalism.
the communist manifesto, written by Karl marx and federuck engels, was written because Marx believed that capitalism would eventually destroy itself, and that a country of capitalism wouldn't survive. But the truth is, communism would eventually destroy itself.
Two German economists, Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, who also wrote the book " The Communist Manifesto ", published in 1848.
They saw it as a disease caused by capitalism
The Bolshevik Party was based on the ideas of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. From that viewpoint, the Bolsheviks believed that capitalism was inevitable and was the last step before a workers revolution. The Bolsheviks were impatient however, and although Russia was not a highly industrialized nation with a numerous and strong working class, they believed that a revolution producing a dictatorship of the proletariat was possible.