Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a German philosopher as well as many other things; who completely disagreed with the Industrial Revolution. His many ideas against the Industrial Revolution influenced and impacted many people in Europe, and all around the world. He believed that workers should have the power and rights in factories instead of the factory owners. He also thought that the people had enough power to take over the government. Since his ideas influenced so many people began to call it communism. To some communism was a solution to all their problems.

Many people in this time including Karl Marx thought that the rich were getting richer and the poor poorer. In this time now there were several different social classes. These classes were called the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The proletariat's were the workers, and the bourgeoisie were the landowners; who owned most of the factories. Since there were more workers than there are landowners, that "the workers of the world should unite!" Many followed through with his ideas even though he died in 1883, it influenced the following generations to unite.