Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx's idea of communism was for everybody to be equal. He wanted everyone to make the same amount of money and he wanted the people to govern themselves. Marx wanted Communism to take over the world because he thought the way everything in the world was going wrong. He thought that the people were being controlled by work and religion. Karl Marx thought of the workers like they were the "good guys" and the owners of the factories and other places of work as the "bad guys".

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx felt that the Industrial Revolution was controlling the people that worked. He did not like the Industrial Revolution. He didn't like it because it was what people felt like they must have he related it to opium which is a drug. Marx said the Industrial Revolution was not right. He also felt that religion controlled the people as well he related religion to opium which is a drug. He said "religion is the opiate of the people". The Industrial Revolution helped Marx develop his communist ideas because during the Revolution many of the workers were not united and they were controlled by the owner of the factory. He wanted the workers to unite and form their own part in society to "rebel against the man".