Karl Marx was born into a middle class German family in 1818. There was extensive Jewish backgrounds on both sides of the family. Despite the heritage of both parents, the family decided to be Baptized Protestant so Marx's father could remain in his position of well-established prominent lawyer. At the age of seventeen, the young Marx was sent to College University of Bon. After attending here he was sent to the University of Berlin where he studied for an additional fours years. (http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html) Marx thinking started to change by the time he was finished with his school. He joined a group, The Young Hegelians, known for their radical views. Marx became the editor of the Rheinische Zeitung while living in Prussia. The Prussian government decided to close the paper because of its liberal views on economic philosophies. In his lifetime, Marx's theories were...