According to Marx in The Communist Manifesto, all throughout history, societies have always been riddled by class struggle. ... Bernstein agreed with the concepts set forth in the Communist Manifesto, but disagreed with Marx's take on the evolution of society. ... This point allows Bernstein to part ways from the views of Marx because Marx had laid out the evolution of society and had stated that the bourgeoisie would fall due to the actions of the working class. ... Marx believed this would happen radically as "the modern laborer sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of exist...

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Other labour leaders had been influenced by the revolutionary theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as expounded in their Communist Manifesto of 1847. The poet, William Morris, shared with Marx a conviction that utopia could be achieved only after the working classes had, by revolution taken control of government and industry. ...

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