e job. This meant that working conditions were hazardous because this was the most profitable way to conduct business. Child labor laws were not in place either. A kid who had never seen a dime in his/her life was willing to do anything for a little cash, and so, children were taken advantage of on a regular basis at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Marx was aware of all this and these circumstances strongly influenced his ideology of communism. Even when taking these circumstances into account, I think that it is still unlikely to have a total revolution. The closest thing that the modern world has seen to Marxs idealized revolution was the Haitian revolution. It is the only case in which an oppressed people succeeded in completely taking over the area in which they were oppressed. The difference is, that the people revolting were slaves with absolutely nothing to lose. Haitian slaves were worked so hard that only lived for a short period of time. Rather than die under oppression they chose to die fighting for freedom, and although many died freedom was actually achieved in the process. This turn of events was unprecedented at the time and still is today. Workers during the industrial revolution were making a little money and still had a glimmer of hope. I feel that revolution wont be successful until an entire populous feels that they have nothing to lose. In saying that, I dont feel that the primary parameter for Marxs ideal communism would have been or will ever be met.What we call communism today is so far from what Marx envisioned that I would venture to say, that communism today is the exact opposite of what Marx meant it to be. The reason that communism didnt work in Russia is because total revolution, a very important, if not the most important step of Marxs plan, never came about. If it had communism may have actually worked. What did happen was a group that called themselves communists came into po...
