WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Marx and Engels maintained that the poverty, disease, and early death that afflicted the proletariat (the industrial working class) were endemic to capitalism: they were systemic and structural problems that could be resolved only by replacing capitalism with communism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Karl Marx wanted to see capitalism end because he argued it was exploitative and oppressive.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published in 1848. It formed the basis for the modern communist movement as we know it, arguing that capitalism would inevitably self-destruct, to be replaced by socialism and ultimately communism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marx believed that in a capitalist system, society would inevitably divide themselves into two classes – the business owners and the workers. The workers would produce the material goods and conduct all the labor, while the owners would reap all the financial and social benefits.