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   French Revolution of 1848

   Karl Marx saw the "June Days" uprising as strong evidence of class conflict.
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   Karl Marx

   Some argue that while socioeconomic gaps between the bourgeoisie and proletariat remained, industrialization in countries such as the United States and Great Britain also saw the rise of a middle class not inclined to revolution, and of a welfare state that helped mitigate any revolutionary tendencies among the working class; although it can be argued that this apparent decrease in class disparity is simply due to the fact that the disparity has been shifted between so-called developed nations and developing nations. ... Karl Marx
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   Critique of capitalism

   Rapid industrialization following the industrial revolution created, according to contemporary critics, working conditions in Europe viewed as unfair; including 14-hour work days, child labor, and shanty towns. ... Karl Marx saw capitalism as a historical stage which could be followed by socialism
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   History of socialism

   Unlike the utopian socialists, who often idealised agrarian life and deplored the growth of modern industry, Marx saw the growth of capitalism and an urban proletariat as a necessary stage towards socialism. ... | | — Engels' 1891 postscript to The Civil War In France by Karl Marx |
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   Mortification of the flesh

   The children wore tight cords around their waist and abstained from drinking water on hot days. ... Karl Marx saw "mortifications of the flesh" as a kind of apology or excuse for the rich to maintain the status quo seasoned with a little mortification.
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   Jenny von Westphalen

   The "Martial Law" and the "Exception Laws" applied for around 5 years after these 70 days uprising hide also, it is said, several tens of thousands of executions of "proletarians", "workers" and several hundreds of executed "Petrol women". ... Karl Marx
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   Reaction to Darwin's theory

   Four days before publication, a review in the authoritative Athenaeum (by John Leifchild, published anonymously, as was the custom at that time) was quick to pick out the unstated implications of "men from monkeys" already controversial from Vestiges, saw snubs to theologians, summing up Darwin's "creed" as man "was born yesterday – he will perish tomorrow" and concluded that though "The work deserves attention and will, we have no doubt, meet with it", theologians would say "Why construct another theory to exclude Deity from renewed acts of creation? ... Karl Marx saw it as a "bitter satire" that showed "a basis in natural science for class struggle in history", in which "Darwin recognizes among beasts and plants his English society".
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   Marxian economics

   Marx saw this relative surplus population as coming from economic causes and not from biological causes (as in Malthus). ... The connection between the inconsistency allegations and the lack of study of Marx’s theories was argued further by John Cassidy ("The Return of Karl Marx," The New Yorker, Oct. 20 & 27, 1997, p. 252): "His mathematical model of the economy, which depended on the idea that labor is the source of all value, was riven with internal inconsistencies and is rarely studied these days."
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   Capital, Volume I

   This amounted to a total of 14 days a year. ... Karl Marx examined surplus value and showed it to be a necessity in capitalism.
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    History of economic thought

    In London, Karl Marx castigated the capitalist system he saw around him which he thought was exploitative and alienating, before neo-classical economics in a new era sought to erect a positive, mathematical and scientifically grounded field above normative politics. ... Say that in one day in England an average worker produces a bushel of wheat and in two days a yard of cloth, while the average French worker can do either in just a day.

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• Reaction to Darwin's theory,
• Marxian economics,
• Capital, Volume I,
• History of economic thought