Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx wanted communism in the whole world. He wanted the whole world to share wealth. He saw the factories owners as "bad guys" because they kept the money with no sweat. the "good guys" were the workers, who worked and had no arguement of how they were getting paid. He wanted the workers to control factories and lands, not the landlords. He was trying to get a world wide revolution, but it didnt really happen. Only a few country followed his idea and soon went in debt. Some countries like Cuba and North Korea are still on that system.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx didnt really like the Industrial Revolion, in fact he didnt like it at all. He saw the Industrial Revolution just an extended Feudalism, where peasants worked on the land and had very few money and the Nobles were keeping all the money they made. In the Industrial Revolution it was the same thing, the workers were the peasants and the factories owners were the nobles. To me the Industrial Revolution was worse than the feudalism in that matter, because work at the factories were dangerous with the machines around them if they werent careful. Karls Marx said that the workers just kept getting poorer and the rich....richer. So he came up with the Communism where everyone got paid the same and they all had to work. That gave the idea of everyone being "equal" but not many people listened to his idea, and the countries that did were soon on debt, because since people were getting paid the same amount of money every month then they didnt have a reason to work harder and make more money. Everything got more sloppy and not well made, leading the country in debt since no one wanted to buy or trade goods.

Film Lesson: "Modern Times"

Sorry Mr.Moloney didnt get a chance to watch this movie so I cant do this blog. If possible ill do it after you let me watch it.

Industrial Revolution - Child Labor

During the Industrial Revolution many new jobs were giving. Unfortunately kids were offered jobs as well. Children would work on factories for over 12 hours a day and have only a 40 mins break for lunch and rest. Labor at the factories wasnt easy for these kids. They were around dangerous machines and were vulnerable for any injury. The king of England eventually made a law that didnt let children under the age of 18 work more than 12 hours a day or 69 hours a week. Inspectors would check the factories to see if they were following that rule.

Industrial Revolution

During the Industrial Revolution many new ideas came up to help the people live an easier life. It was called a Revolution because it wasnt just one new idea, it was many of them one after the other. One of the new idea was on farming. Farmers could only grow crops every two other year, because the soil wouldn't be as fertile. But then Vicount Charles found out that you dont have to wait for the soil to be fertile again, you could just plant tunips, cover and etc to restore the land. The Industrial Revolution had many new ideas coming up.