Marx

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 the proletariat. The bourgeoisie was essentially the middle-class before the Industrial Revolution. With the Industrial Revolution and the replacement of manufacture with Modern Industry, the middle-class became industrial millionaires. Basically, the bourgeoisie owned the factories and the proletarians were the factory workers. Marxs theory is that in a capitalistic society there will always be a struggle between the classes because there is always one class who is receiving more than the othe!r. The prolet arians, although they perform the majority of the work, receive the least. On the other hand, the bourgeoisie become wealthy, and do little work. Therefore, in a capitalistic society, this opposition will either result in a revolutionary reconstruction of society or in the class ruin. The only way to end 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