Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a man who not only held an important place in government in the 1800s, but he was a man that still holds major influence in the world today. He was just like your average child. He studied hard (but drank very often) as he grew into adulthood. He then married and moved to Paris in 1843. In Paris, he met face to face with industrialization and booming commerce. He saw how poorly the middle class (workers) were treated.

Karl Marx hated the Industrial Revolution and capitalism. Capitalism is the thought that businesses are owned and operated for profit. He saw that workers worked long hours and were treated unfairly only to receive poor pay and salary. Marx was extremely encouraged to make change.

Karl Marx is commonly called the "Father of Communism." Marx believed that if goods could be equally distributed among people, things could be be successful. Under Communism, no one person was above another. As the title suggests, everyone was common. Karl Marx's ideas quickly spread and many European nations soon followed Communism.