Karl Marx
Date of Birth: May 5, 1818
Date of Death: March 14, 1883
Circumstances
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used the chaos of revolution
to his advantage
Influence
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number of hard labour
workers in:
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compared to the low number in the
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Political Contributions
Arguments
Contributed to Neomarxism: The idea
that colonialism and economic orders
). Law favours the ruling class by has left the poor mistreated in
1.6( sirenghtening the power it has over the the global economy
working class .Dependency theory: Southern states are in
al e.g. laws were made that prevented the an unfair trading relationship where they
uprising of labour unions are cheated and dependant on the northern
c? Marxism – a theory that claims law is states
simply “class rule: where the ruling class •The world is hierarchal and exploitive
controls the formation of laws
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