baronessvonbullshit:  todayinhistory:  May 5th 1818: Marx born On this day in 1818 the Prussian philosopher Karl Marx was born. He is often considered the father of communism for his 1848 work with Friedrich Engels 'The Communist Manifesto'. His beliefs were that human society is based around class struggle, and capitalism allows the bourgeoisie to exploit the workers (proletariat). He predicted that capitalism would eventually crumble and be replaced with socialism then communism. Marx died in London in 1883 aged 64.  happy birthday to my fave
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