Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was best known as a 19Th century revolutionary. His ideas were very influential and other countries through the years practiced them, however not in the same pure form Marx invented.The philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary, Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19Th century. Although he was largely ignored by scholars in his own lifetime, his social, economic and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death in 1883. Until quite recently almost half the population of the world lived under regimes that claim to be Marxist. This very success, however, has meant that the original ideas of Marx have often been modified and his meanings adapted to a great variety of political circumstances. In addition, the fact that Marx delayed publication of many of his writings meant that is been only recently that scholars had the opportunity to appreciate Marx's intellectual stature. Karl Marx felt that the Industrial Revolution allowed the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer.The industrial revolution inspired Marx to invent communism because he thought the working class was doomed to forever work for low wages.He believed that since there were more workers than owners, the workers would eventually get fed up, start a revolution and take over.