Maxism

Maxism is a political theory that elaborates how social life is often grounded on conflict of interests. The idea that is largely emphasized by this school of those is the conflict between bourgeoiseie and proletariat. Bourgeoisie are individuals who control the means of production in a capitalistic economy while proletariat are those individuals who sell their efforts in the labour markets to bourgeoisie for wages.From the above explanation, it is apparent that the conflicts are largely entwined with class. This therefore implies that changes experienced in such a society are always guided and steered by classes.  Conflicts between social classes are guided by the need of each class to benefit more by fleecing the other party. Maxism political theory reveals the contradictions present in capitalism that relate to economics and capitalism. For example, while the working class join efforts to to maximize their protection, capitalists utilizes these goods to maximize their profitality. They do so without rewarding fully the efforts of the working class. Moreover, marxism political theory is also looks at how capitalism will definitely collapse and its place taken by communism (Chen, 2002).

            According to Marxism, individuals who run or else control the means of production in a capitalistic setup are the same persons who are powerful. That is relatively because they are well endowed with resources that can be utilized to expound their power. On the other hand, this individuals with a powerful economic arm needs to translate the power harnessed through their wealth into political and ideological power (Chen, 2002). That is, they should be able to influence the operations of the state by owning its government machinery and be able to influence how the larger population thinks about capitalism and other economic structures. The capitalists need to convince the proletariat that the capitalistic nature of the society is the best.