Karl Marx

Marx acknowledged that capitalism has succeeded in creating more productive power than any other economic system before it. In "The Communist Manifesto", Marx states: : "The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarcely one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together. Subjection of Nature's forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture, steam navigation, railways, electric telegraphs, clearing of whole continents for cultivation, canalization of rivers, whole populations conjured out of the ground-what earlier earlier century had even a presentiment that such productive forces slumbered in the lap of social labor."

Both Marxist and Malthusian theories are concerned with population growth and its impact on society, but they offer different perspectives on the issue. Both theories acknowledge that population growth can lead to resource scarcity and social problems. However, Marxist theory sees these issues as a result of unequal distribution of resources and production, while Malthusian theory focuses more on the limits of resources to support population growth.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the two authors of Marxism. They co-authored several works, including "The Communist Manifesto," which laid out their ideas on politics, economics, and society.

One principle of Marxism that American capitalists opposed was the belief in the abolition of private property. American capitalists believed in the importance of private ownership and the ability to accumulate wealth as necessary incentives for economic growth and innovation.

"Neo-Marxism" as an actual trend does not really exist, it is simply a term used by people who do not know much about Marxism to refer to Marxists around today more generally. But the term is usually used to refer to Marxists writing in the post-war period up to today.

Karl Marx's vision of a worker's revolution may not have fully materialized due to several reasons, including the rise of competing political ideologies, the co-optation of workers' movements by other groups, and challenges in implementing his ideas in practice. Additionally, external factors such as rapid industrialization and changing social structures may have also impacted the success of his revolutionary ideals.

Karl Marx fully supported the communist economic model, where the means of production are owned by the community as a whole and there is no private ownership of property. He believed that this model would lead to a classless society with no exploitation of labor.

Marxism has greatly influenced Russia's history and continues to be reflected in the country's political and economic policies. Although the official ideology shifted away from Marxism with the collapse of the Soviet Union, elements of Marxist theory can still be seen in the country's emphasis on state control of key industries and resources. Overall, Russia's approach to governance and economic planning has been shaped by its historical association with Marxism.

George R. Boyer argued in 'The Historical Context of the Communist Manifesto' that the Manifesto was a response to the social and economic conditions of the time, specifically the rise of industrial capitalism and the resulting exploitation of the working class. Boyer's thesis centered on the importance of understanding the historical context in which the Manifesto was written in order to fully grasp its significance and relevance.

C-M-C describes the process where one sells a commodity in exchange for a certain amount of money in order to buy another commodity, selling in order to buy. M-C-M describes the process of buying in order to sell where one buys a commodity in order to sell it again. Though Marx said that there would be no point to this unless you wound up with more money than you initially started with and so the correct formula for actually happens (or at least should happen for the capitalist) is M-C-M'. The ' or "prime" represents the value obtained by the capitalist in the buying-in-order-to-sell process.

Smith was not a socialist, he was a liberal. He saw that capitalism had many flaws but he still called it the "system of perfect liberty." What seperates Marx's socialism from the socialism that existed before him was that his socialism was not utopian but scientific. He did not think that a great new society could be brought about through trying to enlighten the rich and make them denounce competition and war and so on. He saw that in order to bring about a new society free of exploitation a revolution was required. Capitalism's birth saw much blood and suffering, socialism's birth will need to witness some blood and viloence as well. Though probably not nearly as much as capitalism.

The Wall Street Journal declared Karl Marx as one of the three greatest modern thinkers in a 2007 article, alongside Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. The article highlighted Marx's impact on economic theory and philosophy.

He was raised as a Christian and a scholar of the Bible, but something happened after his high school graduation that turned him completely against Christ and he soon became a practicing satanist, he participated in Satan worship and devoted the rest of his life to being an enemy of God. Read "Marx & Satan" by Richard Wurmbrand

Famous sociologist Émile Durkheim believed that religion as a source of morals and norms was outdated and would eventually be replaced by modern institutions in society. He argued that religion served a purpose in earlier societies but would diminish in importance as society progressed.

Karl Marx did not directly contribute to the field of management. His work focused on economics, politics, and philosophy, particularly advocating for the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a communist society. However, his ideas about the exploitation of labor and the need for social change have influenced discussions about worker rights and organizational structures.

Karl Marx observed that there was a lot of injustice in the society in which he lived, and he attempted to offer a plan for a new and better form of social organization which would alleviate the injustices which he had observed.

Karl Marx interpreted history as a class struggle between the workers (proletariat) and the owners (bourgeoisie). He believed that this conflict would eventually lead to the overthrow of the capitalist system and the establishment of a classless society. Marx argued that historical progress is driven by the struggle for economic power and the eventual realization of a communist society where workers collectively own the means of production.

Marx and Engels did not foresee the rise of multinational corporations, globalization, and the financialization of the economy. They also did not anticipate the development of welfare states and social safety nets that soften the harsh effects of capitalism on workers. Additionally, they did not predict the advancements in technology and automation that have transformed the nature of work and production.

Karl Marx emphasized the role of class struggle as the driving force behind historical developments. He argued that history is shaped by conflicts between the ruling class and the working class, leading to revolutions and the eventual establishment of a classless society.

The bourgeoisie is the upper class, people who own and control the means of production, such as factories, etc. The proletariat are people who have blue collar types of jobs, in mining, manufacturing, farming, etc., the people who do manual labor. There is no overlap between these two categories because the distinction is not one of wealth but of function within the capitalistic economy. The bourgeoisie buy the labor of the proletariat and oppress them by squeezing as much value out of them as possible in order to accumulate wealth, but they do not have to be wealthy to be a member of the bourgeoisie. The proletariat own nothing but the right to sell their labors.

Marx did see a middle class, which he called "the petty bourgeoisie." These would be lawyers, doctors, architects, small shop owners, etc. They do not own or control the means of production but they aspire to be wealthy, therefore they are more like the bourgeoisie than the proletariat.

No, he did not kill anyone personally nor did he order anyone killed. He was a philosopher, not a person in power in any government. There are no records of him murdering anyone. There is no evidence of him ordering anyone to be killed. There are no writings by him exhorting the murder of anyone.

The theory that history is a continuous clash between conflicting ideas and forces was developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, known as historical materialism or dialectical materialism. They argued that societal development is driven by class struggle and the conflict between the ruling elites and the oppressed working class.

No, there is no evidence to suggest that Karl Marx used the term "useful idiots." This phrase is often attributed to Vladimir Lenin, who reportedly used it to describe individuals who unintentionally served the interests of a hostile power.

A. They both used macro-level approaches in their studies :)

Karl Marx believed that what he termed surplus value would inevitably lead to economic depressions. This cycle of one depression after another would be instrumental in causing the working class to revolt and end the class struggles of the working people. Marx was certain that what he saw was a better economic system, his own particular brand of socialism, would prevail in nations that were industrialized and had a experienced union workers. The revolution had to be a violent one because he was certain that new economic laws or concessions by capitalists could ever create a fair economic system. The workers he termed the proletariat would create the dictatorship of the proletariat and create a socialist form of government and economy. Eventually after capitalistic ideas and their proponents would be ended and usher in a new communist society.