WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the whole surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere.”-Karl Marx and Friedrich EnglesWhich historical development contributed most directly to the situation above?
A
Invention of printing press
B
WWI
C
Advances in textile manufacturing
D
invention of the computer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Marx’s ideas about overproduction led him to predict what is now called globalization – the spread of capitalism across the planet in search of new markets. “The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe, ” he wrote.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Marx, the bourgeoisie held all the power and this included power on the political front. Marx believed that the state 100% served the Bourgeoisie’s interests-which again were wealth and controlling the means of production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marx called this class the bourgeoisie, which used its wealth and control over government to exploit the industrial working class. Marx named this class the proletariat.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bourgeoisie are the owners of the means of production: the factories, businesses, and equipment needed to produce wealth. The proletariat are the workers. According to Marx, the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies exploit workers.

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