new society created by the Industrial Revolution. This

new society was split into two main classes, that of

the rich bourgeoisie or upper class and the lower,

working class people, known as the proletariats. These

two classes were at odds with each other because as

the bourgeoisie became more wealthy and powerful, the

proletariats became poorer and powerless. Karl Marx

felt that something should be done to correct this

inequality in society. He envisioned communism as the

answer. It would create a perfectly balanced society

where no one person had more than the other. He

believed that communism would create the correct

balance between the needs of the individuals and the

In his manifesto, Marx wrote about the happenings that

took place before and after the Industrial Revolution.

He stated that the revolution started with a massive

movement away from small farms and businesses and

developed into a society with large businesses,

factories with mass-producing machines, and underpaid

workers. This caused an overall downfall in the

socioeconomic and cultural situation of the people.

There was no longer a need for persons with individual

Even though the ideas in the Communist Manifesto are

felt that the lower class people were forced to live

situation and would overturn the current society. It

thinking because things do not always work out the way

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