Marx based his ideas on the past history of societies. “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle.” Marx theorizes that throughout history there has been and will be a constant opposition between the oppressor and the oppressed. As opposed to past feudal societies with complicated class structures, Marx indicates that there is now a more simplified class structure, as society is increasingly splitting into two classes: the bourgeoisie and …showed first 75 words of 275 total…

…showed last 75 words of 275 total…this struggle was to eliminate the class system. Marx rationalized that poverty was the result of private property and that no one class should have control over the production of goods, ownership of land and management of funds. Marx states that a capitalistic society is merely a society that justifies the exploitation of the working class. If there are no classes, than everyone is equal and there exists no one class to exploit ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**