Marx is still considered to be one of the greatest contributors to the science of sociology, despite the often agonizing political struggles which have been fought in the name of Marxism. He made a...
Marx is generally considered the founder, or father, of modern communism. He would probably deny paternity, because the communism in place today is not the communism he envisioned. According to Marx...
Karl Marx was founder of modern socialism and communism. However, the socialism and communism of today are not the socialism and communism that Marx foresaw.
He did not found capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system that developed into what it is by the forces of economics. In fact it existed prior to his birth.