social/economic views of Marx

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
             without a go...

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