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             while at the same time influencing instability within the Super Structure, a revolutionary
             mobilization caused by class conflict begins to uproot the economic base. In time, a new
             class order replaces the existing one and in the process acquires the various useful
             features of the old order in an attempt to perfect itself. However perpetual the underlying
             principle of Marx's theory may seem, it was Marx's belief that ultimately the struggle for
             a more humanely economic world would end at what he believed to be the "highest
             stage" of society, communism. Most of Marx's theory follows the basic principle known
             as the conflict perspective; the notion that society and the progress of society is a dynamic
             matrix of class conflict and flux maintained through force and coercion. Unfortunately,
             most of Marx's work was considered politically dangerous and was refuted by many of
             his contemporaries. Even though a handful of Marx's predictions and specific theories
             have been proven to be considerably outdated, his influence can still be felt. More
             specifically, how they pertain to the conflict perspective and the ideas that continue to
             In contrast to Marx's views through the conflict perspective, Herbert Spencer
             applied a more structurally stable approach to observing social patterns known as
             Functionalism. Although Functionalists and Conflict Theorists share an overall macro-
             sociological insight on societies, the results of their individual findings through those
             perspectives differ entirely. It is the Functionalist's theoretical belief that society is not in
             a state of constant flux. Rather, they view society as a stable integration of people
             socialized to perform societal functions. Spencer made the analogy that society resembled
             greatly to a biological entity. Furthermore, Spencer went on to compare the history of
             social development ...