Karl Marx and Communism

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Karl Marx and Communism

• Marxs revolutionary
• idea

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Karl Marx

• Marxs ideas have had a tremendous influence on
  history
• CNN judged him to be the 18 most influential
  person of the millennium

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Marx s Big Ideas

• Changes in economic conditions makes history and
  history has gone through many stages.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• Changes occur because different classes in
  society are in conflict.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• The modern capitalist class that owns the means
  of production would be overthrown by the
  proletariat class made up of the exploited
  workers.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• After the revolution there will be a Dictatorship
  of the Proletariat when socialism would be
  introduced.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• Socialism is a belief that society will be fair
  if society owns the means of production. There
  should be no private property.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• Slogan From each according to his abilities to
  each according to his labor.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• The next stage would be communism, a society that
  would be a classless and equal without poverty or
  oppression.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• Communism would bring a classless society where
  the community owns everything.
• Slogan From each according to his ability to
  each according to his need.

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Marxs Big Ideas

• The evil of the world comes from private property

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Marxs Big Ideas

• Religion is the opiate of the masses

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Marxs Followers

• Lenin adapted Marxs ideas to Russia

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Marxs Followers

• Mao Tse Dong adapted Marx's ideas to China

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Marxs followers

• Ho Chi Minh adopted Marxs ideas to Vietnam

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Marxs Followers

• Fidel Castro adopted Marxs ideas to Cuba