gressed towards a justifiable revolt against the
oppressive middle class. The conclusion of this revolt was envisioned to be a classless
society, one in which its people benefit from and that benefits from its people. The
overthrow of capitalism would create a socialist society eventually flourishing into
communism. Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 - 1883) was the philosophical analysis who
created communism and saw it as an achievable goal. Marx denounced religion and
created what were thought to be radical ideas, which resulted in the banishment from his
native land of Germany and then France, eventually ending up in England. (Compton's
Encyclopedia, 121) Through dialectical processing Marx was able to synthesize a theory
of a classless society. This society would be achievable through the joint union of the
proletarians and overthrow of the governing bourgeois. For the working-class man does
not benefit from the labor which he provides. His labor is external to himself and is not
actually belonging to his essential being. Therefore in work, the proletarian denies
himself and does not validate his worthiness as an individual.(Marx from Haberman,
183) The worker has no existence except to work, which furthers the employer, but
degrades the laborer and eventually results in a grasping individual.
Marxism and the Political/Economic Structure
Marx realized that with the unification of the working-class, they would be able to better
themselves and their lives, and in doing so, better society on the whole. The aspiration to
achieve this was purely theoretical and though Marx felt attainable, it was undoubtedly
flawed. The communist ideals are purely a utopian dream which cannot be reached
because of humans inescapable desire to satisfy their own egos. A proletarian society
would not remain harmonious without individuals seeking personal satisfaction, and
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