Perspectives

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Karl Mark who was christened `the father of modern communism ' was a well renowned philosopher whose ideologies in the political , economy as well as social perspectives were very significant . To Marx , the issue of inequality in society was a major concern and a central point in his ideologies . He blamed the inequality in society on the economic production (Healey J 2006 . He placed more emphasis on the means of production which simply implied the tools or materials used in to ensure

that goods and services were produced and distributed . To Marx the means of production could vary depending on the prevailing economic system . In cases of agricultural societies , land would be an important means of production while for the industrial society the machinery and equipment , factories as well as the transportation system were the means of production . Marx further noted that societies were dominated by capitalistic tendencies in spite of them being agricultural or industrial . To him there are two major social classes who are in continued struggle or conflict over the means of production . The two major classes are the bourgeoisie who not only own but also control the factors of production and it is also the ruling class (Healey J 2006 The other class comprises of the proletariat or the working class . Marx believed that conflicts between the two distinct classes were eminent or rather inevitable . The resultant effect was that the proletariat class would over throw the bourgeoisie and an...