Marx believed in historical materialism and class struggle, demonstrating that private ownership of the means of production allowed the bourgeoisie to maintain power over the proletariats more numerous and powerless who provided the labor force. the means of production. As a result of this power disparity, Marx concluded that social and moral problems were inherent in a capitalist system, which imposed competition and created unnecessary antagonisms, essentially isolating the proletariat in its social position for generations. The Marxist perspective on work and capitalism is paralleled. in many ways with Max Weber's view on these issues, with subtle differences arising from the causality of capitalism. For Marx, the theory of historical materialism held that all human institutions, including religion, were based on economic foundations, which implied that economic foundations came first. On the other hand, Weber's The Protestant Ethic disputes this assertion and instead implicates a religious movement as responsible for the promotion of capitalism, without completely dismissing theories of