Marx Vs Weber

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"Marx, and Weber both have different views on the structure of capitalism and where it derived from. Weber's intention though, was to chase a path of determination; his main goal was to understand capitalism from a historical point of view." But this is not entirely true. The difference between both of their theories was not the historical point of view versus the contemporary detailed examination. But both of these theories follow an analysis that has developed and evolved through time. They both try to understand the connection of modern capitalism and historic circumstances.
Weber's ideas on capitalism were that he thought that no one could run from capitalism, as it was everywhere. Weber wrote "The puritan wanted to work in calling; we
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Marx talked about it in his book, (capital, volume 1, by Karl Marx, 1867), and (capital, volume 2, by Karl Marx, 1885). In the book capital Marx outlined model of class. In this he talked about class and how he thought that the bourgeoisie owned the factories, shops and offices, as well as the proletariat as they had more money to boss them around and hire them, whereas the proletariat didn't have anything at all. So for him this was like a start to capitalism, as industries were becoming more modernized, commercialization of products was happening, like how the factory workers, and laborers wanted to buy the things they couldn't have and were selling. So for him this was a starting point of capitalization, as classes were being created by the bourgeoisie as middle class, working class and upper class were created. To him class was a key important part in capitalisation. For Weber it was the same but slightly different as Marx focused on the bourgeoisie and proletariat, but he still talked about the market situation, and how that made capitalisation rise. Weber looked at the market situation and work situation, but he focused also on the property class, commercial class and social class. Just like Marx focused on the private property, Weber also looked at that, and thought that it was giving advantage to people in furthering their life chances, for him it was like giving an advantage to capitalists and they both had the same idea when it not only came to class, but also private property owning. He thought that that the `positively privileged` in a a process of wealth have gotten or accumulated capital formation out of savings. So he thought