scientific socialism

•         Marx was not saying that capitalism would collapse because it was immoral or because it was inefficient.

•         He was saying that capitalism would collapse because of the unalterable rules of social change that invariably destroy economic systems marked by class inequality.

•         This is why another name for dialectical materialism is scientific socialism.

capitalism by karl marx

•         Marx argued that a new form of class inequality, called capitalism, characterized the society at the time of his writing.

•         His theory implied that there would have to be a revolution that would destroy capitalism.

•         The eventual replacement would be communism.

•         Communism would create a classless society and, therefore, it would be the final and permanent state of society.