Karl Marx formed a theory called the conflict theory where he believed that there was a conflict between the ruling class (bourgeois) and the working class (proletariat) in relation to the issuing of wealth and labor in society. In his analysis Karl Marx spoked on capitalism has being the main reason for inequality in society between the two social classes. Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market. (Definition of CAPITALISM, 2018). Marx believe that people were being force into labor against their will as a mean to survive in capitalist society. This was because of the unequal distribution of labor within society with the ruling class capturing and maintaining more of the material means for production that ultimately means they own and controlled most of the materialistic sentiments. The societies that Marx spoked about where exploitation was evident is the feudal society and the capitalist society. In a feudal system, a peasant or worker known as a vassal received a piece of land in return for serving a lord or king, especially during times of war. (feudal system – Dictionary Definition, 2019). In that time workers were exploited by the lords or kings and were offered l
ands and protection if they work and fought for them. Marx also made mention of the economic driven factor that has a contributed to human beings being forced to act on the world in certain ways to engage in material production. (Harman, C., 2012). With that being said, society has been shape and form on the basis that persons are to work for the means of survival, to meet their needs in a world solely owned and controlled by the ruling class (bourgeois). This has created the evolutionary theory called false consciousness; where workers (proletariat) are convince that working in society under exploitative conditions are normal. This has clouded their minds, preventing them from seeing the real reason for them working. Their inability to recognize this exploitation has created a greater opportunity for the ruling class to take advantage of their own views and beliefs. This enable the ruling class to exploit and rule over the working class continuously as a way to maintain their power and control over the material means of production. For Marx, however, the continuous exploitation has caused alienation amongst workers in a capitalist society fueling a more degenerate contemporary society that was evident then and now. Needless to say, this exploitation it has only been beneficial to the ruling class and not the working class creating a more unequal society and marginalization between the two classes.