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Why did Marxist and Friedrich Engels invent "Marxism"?
What did they base on?
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Why did Marxist and Friedrich Engels invent "Marxism"?
What did they base on?
Karl Marx believed that capitalism was an overtly, chaotic system of production, which was beyond the control of humanity. Although it served to raise human productive capacity to a height never before achieved, captialism itself was doomed to plunge society into an increasingly, greater crises. Marx also noted that the system was responsible for creating the modern proletariat, a class set to overthrow the capitalist class and ready to build a planned economy, which would use the resources of society for the benefit of all.
These ideas were a direct continuation of German philosophers, the English political economy,and French socialism.
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