Karl Marx is a philosopher that theorized a resolution towards the problem in the economic system, a conflict between the rich and the poor. He envisions a fair society, where everyone lives equally and receives the best of things, not just those with money and power. This idea is called communism. In order to understand communism, you’ll need to know the background stage of the economic system, which consists of many different social classes. Marx’s theory of history, between 500B.C and 500A.D the Roman Empire ran their economic system with conquest and slavery that consists classes from patricians, military, artisans to slaves. Then towards the middle ages, around the year 900-1000, the economic system was in terms of feudalism which is divided into three different social classes: lord, vassal and peasant. Vassal being the middle classmen, it introduced the guild system that consist of a master and journeymen. This social class features a one person, one product behavior. The ‘modern times’ is the following social class that we practically live in today. Although it started in the 1500s, we still live under the same economic system, capitalism. Capitalism is modern manufacturing, one-person one part, it’s a private ownership by the means of production. According to Karl Marx, capitalism produces inequality. During the industrial revolution, he formulated his theories because European countries were going through a dramatic change. The feudal system forced ordinary people to move out the land for they are building more factories. The industrial revolution promoted a capitalist way of thinking, capitalist ideology, which created two distinct groups of people; the factory owners who were middle class people, bourgeoisie in Marx’s term. And the workers, or working class, Marx called these the proletariat. He was on their side because he saw them being treated unfairly by the factory owners. He also saw the system as one that t