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marx	Oct 27th, 2008 8:01:30 pm - Subscribe
i was doing some reading in class and stumbled across some literature that is eye-opening and true as well. karl marx predicted and summarized history this way. it is pure genius. The Marxist theory of historical materialism understands society as fundamentally determined by the material conditions at any given time - this means the relationships which people enter into with one another in order to fulfill their basic needs, for instance to feed and clothe themselves and their families.[11]. In general Marx and Engels identified five (and one transitional) successive stages of the development of these material conditions in Western Europe.[12] Primitive Communism: as seen in cooperative tribal societies. Slave Society: which develops when the tribe becomes a city-state. Aristocracy is born. Feudalism: aristocracy is the ruling class. Merchants develop into capitalists. Capitalism: capitalists are the ruling class, who create and employ the true working class. Socialism ("Dictatorship of the proletariat"): workers gain class consciousness, overthrow the capitalists and take control over the state. Communism: a classless and stateless society. this was envisioned years and years ago and the truth is, capitalism is an evil system that creates a vast gap in people between the bourgeouise and proletariat. it is writ in greed and that is sinful. i found this very interesting. these are the principles of marxism. a belief that capitalism is based on the exploitation[3] of workers by the owners of the means of production a belief that people's consciousness of the conditions of their lives reflects the dominant ideology which is in turn shaped by material conditions and relations of production an understanding of class in terms of differing relations of production, and as a particular position within such relations an understanding of material conditions and social relations as historically malleable a view of history according to which class struggle, the evolving conflict between classes with opposing interests, structures each historical period and drives historical change a belief that this dialectical historical process will ultimately result in a replacement of the current class structure of society with a system that manages society for the good of all, resulting in the dissolution of the class structure and its support (more often than not including the nation state)
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	adamson	November 27th, 2008
	Marx was a genius, though. It's so interesting how people can predict things generations before their time.

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