Too much of a good thing

Despite the commonly held claim that Marx is entirely against capitalism's effects entirely, actually reading his work reveals that he is indeed gladdened by some aspects of this Bourgeoisie revolution. Marx seems to be extremely grateful to this "new ruling class" for upheaval and destroying feudalism and in turn economic favoritism based on heritage. He is extremely glad to see the fall of unfair aristocracies and the destruction of the lies and religious dogma which enabled them to thrive. No longer was wealth or good business a birthright, it became based entirely upon the very best businessman; the economy turned from a playground for the "divinely chosen" to a brutal competition where the greatest businessman will prosper and the poorest die out. Based on Marx's views on communism as a whole, I firmly believe he looks upon such an upheaval favorably. However, he is extremely critical of this revolution in other areas, as its means have been at the expense of the backbone of industry. He believes that the bourgeoisie need a constantly growing economy to prosper in and once manual labor could no longer produce steady growth, man turned to innovation and began creating new machinery and technology to mass produce. In doing this though, the class put their counterparts, the proletariat into a very disturbing predicament. No longer were their jobs dignified, or even necessary, but they just became a body to either perform some minuscule task for hours upon hours or to over see a machine doing so. This also created an extreme shortage of jobs for the proletariat, as in this constantly innovating society the need for unskilled and somewhat skilled labor alike has suffered greatly. Marx feels that these people have been shortchanged by this capitalist revolution and should be given their fair share at life. This is his main quarrel with capitalism, but he does see hope. No matter what the bourgeoisie will say, they will always require the proletariat and cannot exist without them. It is this class that puts their new machines to work, that watches over them, that fights their wars. Marx sees this as a chance for the underprivileged class to rise up and overthrow this new ruling class through the simple fact that the upper class needs the proletariat to exist, to constantly expand their economy. If the proletariat were to strike or stop working, they would bring the bourgeoisie to their knees.