Marx predicted a working-class revolution
Karl Marx envisioned a revolutionary uprising by the working class against capitalist exploiters, a prediction that ignited global movements for social change and remains relevant today.
In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels famously predicted a proletarian uprising against the bourgeoisie in their pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto. They argued that history is driven by class struggle, where the capitalist class exploits the industrial working class through wage labor and control of production.
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