History Essay

Haris Sulic   –             History essay.

The autocratic ideology of Tsarism is in direct conflict with Marxism due to the fact Marxism was against the ruling class where Tsarism promoted the ruling class and feudalism.   Along with Marxism and Tsarism thinking differently about religion. Along with the different ideologies with classes and  

It would be impossible to say that Marxism and Tsarism could exist in the same society due to the fact that Marxism believing in religion being a poison, along with stating religion is an expression of material realities and economic injustice. Thus, problems in religion are ultimately problems in society. Religion is not the disease, but merely a symptom. It is used by oppressors to make people feel better about the distress they experience due to being poor and exploited. This is the origin of his comment that religion is the “opium of the masses”   Whilst Tsarism was mainly based upon religion and belief that the tsar was like a father and was put in the place of god to rule the people, whilst also believing in a orthodox Russia.   The Tsar had also been thought to have spoken to god treat all of his followers as if they were his children. Thus there’s no doubt that Tsarism and Marxism could exist in one society.

Marxism and Tsarism couldn’t exist in one society due to different ideologies with Tsarism believing in autocracy and all of the power being held by the Tsar and treating the royalty classes with a lot more respect than the peasants and working classes and peasants who were like cockroaches to the Tsar. Compared to Karl Marx’s views on everybody being treated and known as equal and in no hierarchy from the most important, down to the peasants / scum of society. Marx’s believed there should be no classes but total equality and power to the people.

After 300 years of Tsarism to the Russian people they’ve gotten use to the fact of there being a Tsar who’s going to look out for them being almost a part of them,... [continues]

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