Thursday, November 19, 2009

Karl Marx and Communism


Karl Marx is a communist and believe that everyone should get an equal amount of share in their paychecks. He knew that in the future, times like today, people will become greedy with money and needy with the things they want. Marx studied phylosiphies in Berlin and Bonn, in 1848 Marx and his coauthor Engels published this book called " The Communist Manifesto". The wrote quotes like " workers in the world!- unite!". The Manifesto set down many principles , Marx felt like it was a struggle against capitalists owners and their workers. He made drawings supporting his thoughts on how capitalism supported pollution, it did not help the enviroment and peoples lives were being driven away on their hard work. He also wrote literally 10,000 on the enviroment and how capitalism isnt helping it from its pollutions and multiple needs of factories. According to Karl "capitalism contained its own seeds of destruction". Many people thought like Marx but in time capitalism did win from our wars because of their increasing weaponary and machines that communists didnt have or could afford. It was an open hearted idea for Marx to think like that, then their wouldnt be any destruction and wars like their is today and for technology between the people.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution


Karl Marx was a russian man, like any other. Marx was born a jew but his dad converted his family into christians in order to get jobs. He didnt believe in god and he thought workers were being controlled by religion. Marx died in 1883 but he revolutionized in 1917, with his ideas.

He thought that industrial life for men was too harsh and difficult to keep up with in just one day. He wanted men to own their own farms and live off their own trade. Ideas built up in his head, that, men should unite and create a revolution. His ideas were known for communism, which is another word for common. He thought workers should share their wealth and make it an equal fair shared society. He quoted " From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs".