Communism vs Capitalism

Goal: We should create a classless society by fighting to abolish class distinctions so that we can distribute resources equally.

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The workers will rise up and overthrow the privileged class.

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"Private property will cease to exist. The people will own the means of production"

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The replacement of the bourgeois by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution. The abolition of the proletarian state, i.e., of all states, is only possible through ‘withering away.’

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Goal: Individuals should pursue their own self-interest by working to earn individual profit.

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Complete equality improves society

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Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations

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The government owns businesses

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Competition improves society

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Karl Marx and Freidrich Engles, The Communist Manifesto

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