Communism Vs. Capitalism In Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx

Communism vs. Capitalism

In the political tract the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx describes communism as the party that "fights for the interests of the working class" while capitalists are considered "dependent and have no individuality -- only capital is dependent and has individuality". Both of Marx's statements are true in nature but when the two economic systems are put in practice, they quickly disintegrate into the same end result today, that is to say that most communistic nations fail while capitalists flourish. There will never be a pure version of capitalism or communism. However, capitalism, despite its many flaws, has a proven track record; while communism has failed in practice. An argument can be made for reformation
For communism to work, members of society either need to be altruistic enough to want to work for the benefit of their neighbors, or they need to be forward thinking enough to see that what benefits the whole will, in turn, benefits themselves. Members of society must be far-sighted enough to be able to comprehend large-scale social benefits, which tend to be more abstract in nature and more difficult to recognize. In contrast, capitalism allows for an individual to obtain a paycheck, buy a material good and have a tangible object that can directly relate to the individual's effort. If human nature is basically egoistic, then true communism will not work. People are inherently selfish and therefore, working for the common good will be a lesser priority as opposed to the tendency to freeload or otherwise take advantage of the system. There it becomes apparent the inherent flaw in the communist model. All communist economies eventually flounder because of
Capitalism feeds off of the inherent greed and egocentric nature in human beings. Instead of forcing a predetermined limit on production, capitalism encourages the individual to compete amongst neighbors to come out on the top of the economic ladder. In a form of socialistic Darwinism, in a capitalistic society, only the strongest and the wisest survive while the rest simple fade away. This leads to a society that is dominated by progress and competition. However, a truly capitalistic society would follow this model without regard to the weaker competition. The current forms of western capitalism are heavily modified by government rules that amend the unfavorable side-effects, such as, depressions, excessive inequality, poverty, etc. In these countries, when inequalities generated by capitalism became too great, the exploited and oppressed masses pressure their representatives to pass laws that relieved the poor segments of the population. Ironically, it is the economic system that is supposed to benefit the entire population that creates two very distinguishable classes of only the poor and the rich. Only in a capitalistic society would one find the so called "middle class." The desire for man to have more than anyone else drives the capitalistic system to success. There will always be someone in a capitalist society that will be able to do a little better, which in turn