The Industrial Revolution played a significant role in the development of communism. The exploitation of workers in factories and the widening wealth gap between the rich industrialists and the poor laborers led to a growing discontent among the working class. This discontent, combined with the ideas of thinkers such as Karl Marx, gave rise to the communist movement, which sought to overthrow capitalist systems and establish a classless society where the means of production are owned collectively. Thus, the Industrial Revolution provided the conditions and catalyst for the development of communism as a response to the social and economic inequality created by industrialization.
