Marx predicted trends which capitalism would follow. Surprisingly, most of them have come true. These predictions he called the "laws of motion":
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As the economy expands, profits fall, both within the business cycle and outside it.
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As profits fall, business seeks new survival techniques by innovating, inventing, and experimenting.
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Business runs in cycles of depression and boom.
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Huge firms dominate the business scene and suppress smaller firms.
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Finally, the working class overcomes factory owners and capitalism disappears.
