Thursday, November 19, 2009

Karl Marx and Communism


Communism is a worldwide society. It is a form of gonernment made by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels. Communism is when all people should be equal. Meaning that private property, resources like plants, factories, oil, coal etc. should be owned in common by the people. Marx's ideas was that workers should be in control of factories and farms than landlords. There are more workers than landlords. He wants all the workers in the world to start a revolution. Karl Marx wanted communism to be taken over the world because he didn't like the fact that workers were working in factories very harsh and unsafe. After Marx died, communism didn't really take over because of the government. They didn't want communism stories written in newspaper or any criticizing about the government. Mongolia became the second nation of communism. Afteer WWII, many governments were overthrown.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution


Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5, 1818 and died on March 14, 1883. He was a German who was born a Jew. His father wanted him to move the family to Christianity to get a job. Mark didnt like the Industrial Revolution. He didn't like the ways workers were working in factories harsh and unsafe. This ispired him to make communism take over. Mark is a communist. He wanted the workers to unite in a worldwide revolution. He wanted a form of government where all the people own property and including land and capital.