What is a major belief associated with marxism?

The basic principles of Marx's communism were

1. Economic conditions determine the course of history. The groups that control an economy also controls the government and the course of social institutions.

As example of social institutions: the arts; methods of communications and the educational institutions. Industrial countries based on private property control the nation and create the economic conditions. The capital class in a sense controls the items mentioned above.

2. Marx's view of history then has the controllers of economic policies in a battle with each other for dominance. This is described by Marx as "class struggle". These struggles that have been part of the history of mankind would continue until the workers take control of the means of production and create a socialist economy. The workers following his view of the world, eliminate the struggles between classes and wisely create a "classless" society.

3. The socalled " surplus value" exists in capitalist controlled countries. These capitalists pay the workers only enough to survive and perhaps a bit more. According to Marx the difference between the price of goods produced by the workers and the wages paid to the workers is the "surplus value" which the capitalists keep for themselves and live at a high level. They can do this because of the profits made for them by the poor workers. This creates an unequal society. Since the workers cannot afford to buy all the goods they produce, production must create what can be called overproduction. Now there is less need to employ all the workers that produced the goods in the first place, they are laid off and the economy falls into a depression. This is not a problem for the rich as they have ample resources created for them by the working class. Marx argues that the capitalists don't work, and contribute nothing to society. They, Marx says are not necessary and need to be willing to help create a classless, socialistic government and economy. Since Marx does not see that happening voluntarily, a revolution by the workers is necessary to make the change themselves.

4. As far as Marx is concerned, this is all provable and predictable and in fact is "scientific". Thus the inevitable result is economic science.

5. The philosophy of this inevitable outcome he named dialectical materialism, which he derived from the German philosopher Hegal.

Carrying forth on this Marx declared that God did not exist. That all matter exists independent of thought. With that belief a "God" is not necessary and in fact does not exist.