Which groups were drawn to Karl Marx’s ideas, and why? Which groups felt threatened by Marx’s ideas, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Marx theorized that the internal contradictions of capitalism would eventually lead to systemic collapse and that a more efficient and humane order would be established.
b. Those who were dissatisfied with the status quo were inspired by Marx’s vision of a future free of economic exploitation and political oppression.
c. The proletariat, trade unionists, socialists, communists, and anarchists answered Marx’s call for class struggle to overthrow the capitalist-bourgeois state and replace it with worker-dominated world government.
d. Marx’s critique of the capitalist system and call for revolution alienated all those who benefited from the status quo.
e. These included liberals, monarchists, and conservatives.
f. Liberals defended free trade, which Marx attacked.
g. The monarchists and conservatives wanted to restore the traditional order, which Marx attacked.
h. The Paris Commune and the revolutions of 1848 highlight the clash between supporters and critics of Marx.
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