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Why did Karl Marx think Communism was the ideal political party?
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Why did Karl Marx think Communism was the ideal political party? Karl Marx was brought up in a Jewish community and society in his early years. His father was a lawyer, although he was descended from a long line of rabbis. As opportunities for Jews decreased Karl Marx's father, Herschel, decided to convert from Jewish to Lutheranism, which was the Prussian states religion. The Marx family was very liberal and often held intellectual conversations and was introduced to a lot of artists. Karl Marx was enrolled into the University in Bonn; this was a notorious school and was known for its bad reputation of the students that went there. His peers influenced Karl and his hobbies soon became singing in bars. His father made him transfer to a more serious and academic University in Berlin. Here Karl became interested in philosophy, to his fathers disgust of not being a lawyer, and...
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