Marx's Historical Materialism: The Ideas Of Karl Marx And Marxism

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To begin, those early philosophers contributed many new ideas about a unique ideas, away from total control by the Church, to a less moderate area, which thrived. Although many philosophers began learning because of their religious background, many abandoned this, and either returned with less fundamental beliefs, or abandoned it, altogether. As time progressed, more, and more philosophers added their own perspective on older works. Certainly, Karl Marx’s true intentions remain up for debate, however they were adopted and altered to fit an agenda, during a chaotic period of time, but the end result proved to extreme. An Idea that people’s work was their livelihood, they live for work, and learn many skills, with them owning and benefiting …show more content…

Even though I disagree with those socialistic programs, because I believe this creates a dependency on the government. Furthermore, Marx’s idea that “capitalism” would be overtaken by “communism,” has some relevance due to many social programs and very strict Government policies (Shimp). Another example is Our American culture and social norms, adopted from our mother England, of never admitting any wrong-doing. Those same European ancestors we are forced to idolize, even though they were some of the most evil souls in history, committing genocide, stealing, and raping their way across the world. Today they hope no one brings it up, or they point out that I never suffered any of that, but are we not a product of our ancestors. In my opinion many non-conforming people had a different perspective about capitalism, and finally the truth is available to the …show more content…

Communism was started in opposition to capitalism but neither has proven a success. Now I did enjoy learning about this element of philosophy, because it allowed me to view the original idea behind Communisum. However, I do believe people can grow towards a better world for everyone, but evil will always exist. Even though, we also take others views as facts about their living situations, as I never lived in that type of government. Maybe they say our government is suppressive, media is owned by one major force promoting how great america

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