HIST 1007 Chapter : HIST 10 22 14
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Class identity unintentionally westernized their societies: marxism is an agent of westernization; his revolutionary movements around, 1848: marx (1818-1883) and frederick ingalls (1820-1895) published the. Marxism is a critique of the capitalist system. Marx argued that laws were written to favor the class struggle: classes had nothing in common, because fundamentally economic interests clashed, and so were always opposed. Bourgeoisie always wanted to pay low wages for labor so profits could rise, and. October 22, 2014 proletariats wanted wages to increase & were less concerned with profit: cultural attitudes were also affected by relationship to how things were made. Marx argued that laws were written to favor the dominant class; how you interact with others shows how you react to what you think is right or wrong. This surplus value goes to the factory owner, which marx called factory owner owner pays laborer less than the product value expropriating.