Complete equality improves society

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

Competition improves society

Karl Marx and Freidrich Engles, The Communist Manifesto

No social classes

You can work for WHOEVER you want

There are social classes

Individuals can own businesses

Government should not interfere in relations between workers and business owners.

The workers will rise up and overthrow the privileged class.

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

Which economic system advocates for the means of production to be owned collectively by the people?

In which economic system is competition considered a driving force for innovation and efficiency?

Who is known for writing 'Das Kapital', a foundational theoretical text in the philosophy of this economic system?