Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution


Karl Marx was a Jewish german man who converted to Christianity. Karl was born in Trier. His dad forced the family to become Christian so they could get a job. Karl never believed in God In Karl's other days when he wasstill young, he was a succesful lawyer. He was the man who created the government system, Communism. How did he develope communism? One of the reasons was the Industrial Revolution. He was totally against the Industrial Revolution. He was sick and tired of the way workers we treated and the thing that children were working in the factories. He wante the people in the factories to be treated fairly and repected. After he died, he ideas and ways were known as Marxism. His ideas influenced a lot of people and even influence nations. These ideas then evolved into communism. So because of the Industrial Revolution Marxism became very popular with nations like China and Russia. Communism overthrowed some governments, and till today communism still exists.

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