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=**Karl Marx **=



===Karl Marx was a German philosopher, writer, and journalist whose had a huge impact on the world. The “inventor” of communism was born in the German city of Trier in 1818 and died in 1883. Karl was the writer of Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital which both tell about his thoughts on communism and his views of the government. ===

Marx’s own ideas of philosophy were derived from those of Ludwig Feuerbach. His philosophy was based on differentiating the idea of labor under capitalism and labor under communism. He believed that the basis of reality was the base of economics instead of idealistic philosophy. His theory explained that humans should design their own social classes, and that if the materialistic barriers in society were dissolved, all humans would be equal. Marx believed that any private ownership was unacceptable and that society would be unable to be further productive if it wasn’t abolished. All of his theories were utilized to develop Marxism, a communist political view. The beliefs of Karl Marx were very similar to those of Old Major. They both believed in Socialism, the system of social orginization where private property is not owned by a single person and the community works together to acomplish things. This philosophy is what the animals tried to accomplish when they first revolted against the farm owner.The main idea is the idea of an ideal society otherwise known as Utopia.The farms form of government went from a democracy to a complete monarchy under the rule of Nepolean. Overall the ideas of Karl Marx were much like those that Old Major wanted on the farm from the start.



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