Karl Marx – The Father of Communism (Marxism)
05 Dec 2025
Karl Heinrich Marx was born on 5 May 1818, one of nine children of Heinrich and Henrietta Marx. The family lived in the Rhineland region of Prussia in western Germany. Although both parents came from Jewish families with notable rabbinical backgrounds, Marx’s father, who worked as a lawyer, converted to Christianity in order to continue his legal career.
Following an average school performance, Marx studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin. He wrote extensively on economics, political economy, and society, and during his time in London in the 1840s, he began developing the ideas that would culminate in his most influential work, Das Kapital. Marx soon started publishing pamphlets and books outlining his theories for a system of #communism, now known as #marxism .
However, years later, the world order #karlmarx had confidently predicted did not materialise. In many countries under communist regimes, the majority of people lived in extreme poverty while those in power amassed wealth and property. His vision of a society built on public ownership and communal control failed to become reality and, in practice, often resulted in some of the most oppressive systems in history. For decades, much of the gross national product of communist nations was funnelled directly into their military machine. As a result of atheistic #Marxism, a vast nuclear arsenal was established, one capable of destroying all life on the planet. Ultimately, Marx’s ideas underestimated the complexities of human nature, contributing to the system’s failure.
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