Karl Marx and Marxism

Karl Marx and Marxism
Karl Marx set the wheels of modern Communism and
Socialism in motion with his writings in the late nineteenth
century. In collaboration with his friend, Heinrich Engels, he
produced the The Communist Manifesto, written in 1848.
Many failed countries' political and socio-economic structures
have been based on Marx's theories, for example the USSR, East
Germany etc. Many people believe that Marxism is not
applicable to today's society, as Karl Marx put forward his ideas
not anticipating the type of society we have today. The welfare
state system has effectively null…