Karl Marx was a great philosopher of his time writing the Communists Manifesto. while reading the manifesto you can really get a sense of the times claiming “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” \u00a0The Communist Manifesto is the attempt to explain his underlying theory of communism. The struggle between classes, mainly those exploiting another, is the\u00a0cause of historical developments. The manifesto was written during the time of the industrial revolution when rapid urbanization was occurring. The movement to cities and the creation of new classes helped fuel the fire between the classes. Marx explains that the development of a society is inevitable and that a capitalist system is unstable.<\/p>\n

As a historical figure, Marx is very important to how different societies and governments developed. His theory is still relevant in economics, philosophy and government. Marxist theories became the building block to many governments like in Russia, China, and North Korea. As a historical figure I believe we have to look back on Marx’s ideas through unbias means. As erodriguez317<\/a>\u00a0said in their post there is a stigma when it comes to communism that we as historians have to get past to get the context and interpretations of the manifesto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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