Historical change

Marx's definition of historical change begins with the definitions already established. The worker's work is material, and his purpose is too, so when labor is exploited excessively the workers will revolt against the capitalist institution oppressing them and take over the (material) means of production. Because Marx focuses a lot on the economic materials of society that workers make and companies sell, he responded to Hegel by saying that the only change that can happen in history is material change. Material change is caused by conflict between the rulers, or, those who own the means of production (equipment, tools, raw materials) and the people who don't own the means of production but are workers; because capitalism always leads to concentrated ownership of the means of production, revolutions are always inevitable, and thus material change is a good thing of history because it frees the laborer by distributing ownership of the means of production among everyone. This is Marx's primary view on historical change, and, as he sees it, it's the only good change.