Communism Vs. Democratic Capitalism

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rtunes. In addition, each one of these systems in which the rich were in control and there was no social and economic equality has destroyed itself either quickly or over an extended period of time.
Marx and Engels thought no different of the capitalist system. To them it would destroy itself as others had throughout history. In their theory, the more productive that a country was, the more likely it was to fail. When you produce more goods than you can use is when the problem begins. Capitalism would eventually poison itself with its wealth (Pious, 25).
As in all communist theory, capitalism would collapse with the rebellion of the poor. The oppressed would raise up against the wealthy few and pave the way for the brief period of proletarian dictatorship. After this period the people would run the means of production and the economy would produce what was needed and not what was profitable. There would be and abundance and coercive government would disappear. According to Marx and Engels this would happen in the highly industrialized ...