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How is Marxism in essence an economic theory of social relations, politics and revolution? Lets first look at what Marxism means. It is the thought that class struggle is essential in understanding societies oppression of the bourgeois under capitalism to a socialist society and eventually into a classless society. We look at Marxism to understand why we have inequalities within social relations, politics and revolutions. When there is a divide in economics in a society people strive for equality and we see this happen through revolutions. The bourgeoisie in a capitalist society are the ruling class that owns the means of production and exploits the lower working class. The elite of the two classes are the capitalists, manufactures, bankers and the proletariat class are the laborers. In a society like this there is a lot of class conflict because of the divisions people suffer from. Marx's goal was to eventually eliminate the two classes and that way everyone will be equal and there would be no class struggles.

Marxism is an economic theory because when things in society are not equal we look at the essentials people have. In this case the bourgeoisie have everything and own all production and the proletariat work hard and own nothing, this creates conflict. The proletariat class is being oppressed and is looking for equality where they can move up in society and they start to question the state. It is a trickling effect that starts with the class struggle and moves up to the state and eventually creates a revolution. All of these components begin with the inequalities that the classes share. Marxism is a theory that is trying to move into a classless society so that everybody is on an equal level and that shows how the problem ...

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...nic and look for ways out. The people who are in control of steering where the revolution goes have to deal with the people in panic, as well as watching how the state reacts back to the crisis. In all the main point Theda Skocpol used for a social uprising is Marxism's class struggle. She goes on to say how the structure, class relations, international pressures are what brings up the need for a change. When these components aren't working together properly then there is a need for reform. Skocpol changed poltical science with her work “France, Russia, China A Structural Analysis of Social Revolution” and showed how social revolution strives for change in class structure and the state of society. Social revolution comes from the inconsitencies within our state and people that are oppressed want a change to benefit all people not just the elite that hold all power.