5. According to Karl Marx, what are the three political/economic stages that a modern nation must go through?

Karl Marx proposed the following three political-economic stages that a modern nation must go through:1. **Primitive Communism:** A stage where there is communal ownership of property, and class distinctions are minimal.2. **Feudalism:** In this stage, society is characterized by feudal relations, with a ruling aristocracy and serfs who work the land.3. **Capitalism:** Marx believed that capitalism would emerge from the decline of feudalism, marked by the bourgeoisie (capitalist class) and the proletariat (working class). This stage is characterized by private ownership of the means of production and the exploitation of labor.According to Marx, these stages represent historical progression toward communism, which he envisioned as the ultimate and final stage where class distinctions would disappear, and the means of production would be collectively owned.