... considered that a class is made of people who have a common relationship to the means of production. For example, Marx defined two classes in a capitalist system, the capitalists and the proletariats. As discussed in the quote from the Manifesto of the Communist Party, classes existed in opposition to each other throughout history. Marx attempts to explain the rise of capitalism by dividing history into four main epochs, each defined by ... a different modes of production. The main epochs which Marx discusses are listed in chronological order ... ...

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