... end to history. However unlike Hegel, Marx thought that these stages could be predicted. He predicted the demise of capitalism and the rise of communism. When Marx wrote the Manifesto he thought he was starting the death of capitalism months before its end. Ultimately he portrays that the triumph of ... . Marx was certain that Lancashire was the future and end of capitalism. In retrospective though, Lancashire was merely an early stage of capitalism, almost primitive by today's industrial standards. This does not show conclusively that recurring historical patterns or laws do not occur, b...

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... work was to do with Social stratification, but it was mostly concerned with class. Marx believed that societies such as hunters and gatherers existed in a Primitive Communist state. Here there was equality and no stratification within the society. However in later years came the introduction of agriculture, thus creating the concept ... wealth for the class that oppresses them. He calls these products "Alien" objects. Marx believed that in the future there would be a state of communism where there would be no inequality and your ownership or lack of wealth, due to how much land you owned...

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