Who was Karl Marx?

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a political thinker and writer whose ideas brought about great social and political changes. He was born in Germany. His ideas were the starting point of communism. He believed that people who

own property, the capitalist class, keep the workers down, so that the owners can become richer. He also thought that the workers would one day rise against the capitalists and take control. His ideas later inspired communist revolutions all over the world, notably the Russian Revolution.

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