Friday, November 9, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution


Karl Marx was the founder of Communism. He did not like how workers were treated in factories during the Industrial Revolution. His idea of Communism was that no matter what your job was, or what skill was needed for it, all would share common wealth in a free nation. Karl Marx wanted all the workers to be free of long hours of harsh work and free of their low wages, he wanted all to share wealth in a common society. The Industrial Revolution was the exact opposite of this and inspired him to create Communism. He felt that the workers should unite for a revolution to make a Communism society. This was ironic since there was already a revolution in the making (Industrial Revolution). Communism was born out of the Industrial Revolution. Many Countries were overthrown by Communism just as Karl Marx wished, but this backfired. The very people who fought for Communism, became a strict government that forced workers to work on farms and factories. Communism was given a new meaning, a dictatorship that forced people to do things the way they wanted and punished those who didn't, this was never in the intentions of Karl Marx.

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