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settlement, hazardous circumstances of working , unequal
distribution of population etc.

KARL MARX

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• Karl Marx was born on 5 May 1818. he was from
Germany.

• The most notable being the Communist Manifesto of Das

Kapital.

• Marxism is the theory of revolution and basic explanation
how societies grow through the process of change.

• 2 basic ideas in Marxism is:

1) Materialism
2) Class Struggle

• Marx argued that human society had progressed through

different stages. They are:

a) Primitive Communism:

The simplest and the lowest form of the mode of production.

Society was based on cooperation and mutual help due to

communal ownership of means of production.

b) Slavery:
In this form of society the primitive equality gave way to social

inequality and the emergence of masters and slaves.

C)Feudal society:
The feudal lord oppressed and exploited their serves. The land was

crucial productive factor and feudal lords owner and control it.

d) Capitalist Society:
The most significant contradiction of the capitalist mode of

production is one which give rise to a conflict of opposites which