... creating such divisions as the upper, middle, and lower class, the theory of Marxism analyzes what ways capitalism can be used against the people. In the book The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck, the main character, Tom Joad, struggles with being in the lower class because of the limitations set by the rich. As Karl Marx said in The Communist Manifesto, "The modern bourgeois society that ... has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with ... for all citizens, including themselves. Employees and owners make their profit by paying workers less than the va...

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... 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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