Marxism in a nut shell

Marxism (Communism) developed truly after 1848. The revolutions had failed. Utopians were no where to be found, Louis Blanc's national workshops went bankrupt, and anarchy did not make sense. The British utilitarian reforms were still controlled by bourgeoisie--enough said.

Therefore, Marx and Engels developed a dialectic that offered a new perspective on history. Class struggles drove history and Europe was facing the last chapter.

The bourgeoisie were completing the necessary task--complete infrastructure. With that completed, the bourgeoisie would still continue to dominate the government, overexploiting the proletariat (working class). Then, the bourgeoisie would go so far that the proletariat would spontaneously revolt, killing off all of the bourgeois pigs.

Then, the spontaneous leaders would emerge and form a dictatorship of the proletariat to recondition or socialize the people not to desire or want the products the bourgeois had manipulated them with.

Once this socialization was completed, the withering of the state would occur. The government would ultimately disappear and pure communism would exist with no more conflict. Pure communism would have no more classes and with true equality the goodness of humanity would emerge.