Question

Do you agree with the claim by Marx and Engels that history essentially boils down to “class struggle?”

Answer 1

''Class struggle'' as Marx and Engels called it, was seen as a distinct feature that makes history progresses. Yet, not all history is about class struggle and the concept of class essentially subsumes nuances of social processes and phenomena into two opposing forces. While the explanation is grand in its narrative and ignores most of the elements that characterize history. History is not as simple as Marx and Engels put it, though their motive was to make people realized the class structure as to who controls and who is oppressed.