Marx

Karl Marx and Max Weber have agreed and disagreed on numerous issues during their years as sociologists and political economists. An issue that they both discuss in great length, and disagree upon is the rise of capitalism. Marx thought that economic factors and the use of exploited and alienated labor were the causes of the rise of capitalism. In "Capital", Marx discusses the Labor Theory of Value and Surplus Value, and how they have influenced …

…force, because people still lead rational and methodical lives like the Puritans did, but enjoy their material possessions. Both Weber and Marx would agree that classes were distinguished by those who owned property and those who did not. Those who owned property, also owned the means of production and exploited the Proletarians. Classes exist on an economic basis, in a capitalistic economy. Marx's goal was to eliminate the classes, by eliminating private ownership of property.