Karl Marx
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Karl Marx was a philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, intellectual and Communist Prussian militant of Jewish origin. In his vast and influential work he covers different fields of thought in philosophy, history, political science, sociology and economics; although he did not limit his work only to research, since he also ventured into the practice of journalism and politics, always proposing in his thought a union between theory and practice. Together with Friedrich Engels, he is the father of scientific socialism, modern communism, Marxism and historical materialism. His best known writings are the Manifesto of the Communist Party (co-authored with Engels), The Capital and The Eighteenth Brumaire by Luis Bonaparte.
Marx's theories about society, economics, and politics, collectively known as Marxism, hold that all societies advance through the dialectic of class struggle. He was very critical of the current socioeconomic form of society, capitalism, which he called the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie", affirming that it was carried out by the wealthy classes that own the means of production for their own benefit. He theorized that, as in the previous socioeconomic systems, internal tensions would inevitably occur, produced by dialectical laws, which would lead to his replacement by a new system in charge of a new social class, the proletariat. He argued that society under socialism would be ruled by the working class in what he called the "dictatorship of the proletariat", "workers 'state" or "workers' democracy". He believed that socialism would, in turn, eventually be replaced by a stateless and classless society called communism. Along with the belief in the inevitability of socialism and communism, Marx actively fought for the application of the first (socialism), arguing that social theorists and disadvantaged people should carry out an organized revolutionary action to overthrow capitalism and achieve socio-economic change .
