Why did Karl Marx design Communism?

Answer 1

The Economic Perspective:

Karl Marx believed in a philosophy called 'dialectical materialism' which he developed with the help of Friedrich Engels. This philosophy is based on the idea that economics changes societies to fit its needs (EX: At the advent of capitalism, the feudal system was no longer plausible. Thus, it was destroyed--and replaced with the current market system). Marx foresaw the death of capitalism in the interactions between itself and the world it was creating (capitalism is based upon an 'everyone for themselves' principle, while production was heading towards mass production wherein people are required to work together). The growth model Marx developed predicted that capitalism was headed for a boom-bust cycle that would eventually lead to an uprising of the proletariat and the death of capitalism. Communism was the system that Marx believed would replace capitalism, a system wherein the means of production were state-owned and thus conformed to the underlying economic forces. It's important to note that Marx didn't 'design' communism--he's is surprisingly silent on how communism will function.

Answer 2

Karl Marx developed communism as a response to the social injustices and inequalities he observed during the Industrial Revolution. He sought to establish a system that would eliminate class distinctions and ensure the equitable distribution of resources among all members of society. Marx believed that communism would lead to a more just and equal society.

Answer 3

Marxism was the next stage in man's understanding of himself, his society, his history.

Marx's analysis could not have happened in an earlier period - because capitalism had not developed thoroughly, including the fundamental sciences and philosophies of the capitalist society.

The Marxist political ethos proposes the conscious revolutionary overthrow of the worldwide capitalist economic system, to be replaced by an worldwide planned and publicly owned economy.

Trotsky was the most developed of revolutionaries who took up Marx's science and call to action.

The World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org

is the web site today's international socialist leadership following in the footsteps of Trotsky

Internationalism and rejection of nationalism is a fundamental Marxist principle.

Marxists, Trotskyists support nationalities fighting Imperialist oppression (for example the resistance in Iraq); but genuine Trotskyists do not support, and are fundamentally opposed to a nationalist solution or ideology.

Because capitalism has created an integrated world economy nationalist alternatives to Imperialism, or so-called national proposals for 'socialism' (Cuba) are in themselves profoundly reactionary.

Socialist development can only be built on what capitalism has gained for mankind.

Contemporary response to death of Marx (Including Engels' Graveside Oration)

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/death/dersoz1.htm

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (Lenin)

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm

Answer 4

Karl Marx didn't "make Communism"; he predicted it would develop by itself. The idea that he created communism is a common misconception that never seems to go away. Marx saw history as a constant struggle between different classes of people based on the type of economy then in place in a particular society. He saw that under capitalism, the owners and controllers of the means of production (the bourgeoisie) oppressed and exploited the common workers (the proletariat). He predicted the workers would grow as a class and become so resentful of constant and increasing oppression that they would revolt against the bourgeois class and take over their factories, etc. A period of socialism would then prevail ultimately, after a number of generations of people, socialism would evolve into communism. Communism was inevitable not created. Marx deduced the trappings of a communist society based on his views of class struggles and arrived at his conclusion of what a true communist society would be like.

Marx would turn over in his grave if he could see what passes for "communism" today. Not one communist country in the world is true Marxian communism. In fact, most if not all communist countries oppress the working class even more than the current capitalist countries.

Answer 5

Karl Marx and his industrialist backer, Friedrich Engels, sought a solution to what they viewed as the exploitation of the working classes in Europe. Specifically the working classes in industrialized Germany and England. Working conditions were dangerous and wages were low. Trade unions lacked any real power to better the lives of their members. Marx & Engels believed that only a violent and widespread revolution in countries like Germany & England were the best way to evenly distribute the wealth created by the workers. They saw profits going only to the rich and the middle classes. Bottom line is that Marx believed his formula for change, and placing the means of production in the hands of the people, was the best way to bring equality to the masses.

Answer 6

he wrote the communist manifesto because he believed that it would help mankind. he believed in it, and writing the communist manifesto, he thought it would help others see his point of view.