Thursday, November 19, 2009

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx did not like factory owners and landlords controlling workers beacuse thee used the workers and working conditions were terrible. So he thought of this idea of communism, so that nobody owned a house, land, factory or a business. Everything was owned by the government, and everybody made the same amount of money. The good thing about this was that nobody was poor but the bad thing is that everybody made the same amount of money with a job. This did not work out because people said why should i be a doctor to be rich when i could be a regular grocery store empolyee. Communism fell after 70 years in Russia.

Karl Marx and The industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial Revolution because working conditions were unsafe and the factory owners steped all over the workers by making them work very fast. He wanted the workers to own the factories not the landlords. He thought about a form of government and invented communism. Communism is when everybody makes the same amount of wealth and all the homes and businesses were owned by the government. This didnt turn out well because if doctors make the same amount as a grocery man, why should i become a doctor. His thought about working conditions was good but his form of government wasn't good. Russia first used communism and it eventually failed after 70 years.