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Marxism is an ideology that developed out of, and drew inspiration from the writings of Karl Marx
(1818-83). The core of Marxism is a philosophy of history that outlines why capitalism is doomed
and why socialism and eventually communism are destined to replace it.
The Marxists (Marx, Linen, Mao and the likes) do not regard individual or group interests and
conflicts as natural. According to the Marxists, the conflicts among the individuals are man-made.
The Marxists hold the view that conflicts among the individuals or groups are irreconcilable.
Micheal Duverger says, “Politics for the Marxists is conflict, struggle, in which power allows those
who possess it to ensure their hold on the society and to profit by it.”
According to the Marxists, the so-called common interest, for all practicable purposes, becomes
and is always the interest of the economically dominant class, that politics is class politics in a class
society.