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Karl Marx and his critique of capitalism

The definition of utopia is an ideally perfect place especially in its social, political, and moral aspects (dictionary.com). This paper will discuss the changes in capitalism since Marx?s critique in 1848. Marx?s fundamental critique remains correct today. Marx is still correct about his critique of capitalism because even though there have been changes made to capitalism to prevent some abuses, capitalism still produces inequality, reduces the family relationship, destroys small business, and enslaves.
In 1848 Karl Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto which was a formal statement of the communist party. ?The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles [?] we find almost everywhere a complicated arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold graduation of social rank? (Cohen and Fermon, 448). Marx believed that throughout the past the great societies of the world have all experienced class struggle......

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