Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels pointed out the similarities between the industrial or capitalist and feudal eras. Their view is that feudal lords and capitalists are similar because both acted against the working class. The benefits enjoyed by capitalists and feudal lords were realized, in their opinion, to the detriment of the working class. Marx also assumed that capitalism could collapse. Such circumstances would lead to the creation of a classless society. Yet, such thinking borders on utopia.
