Karl Marx (2)

Following on from my post on Karl Marx, I want to argue against the idea that Capitalism is the only system that allows individuals to develop themselves.

In Capitalism, the only people who can develop their full potential are the Capitalists. They have the independent means to own the means of production. This gives them the freedom to develop themselves.

The workers, on the other hand, have their individuality crushed so as to be better integrated into the production process. What the boss says, goes.

Thus for everyone to be able to develop themselves, everyone has to own the means of production. This is the basis of Communism.

However, the productive forces has to be developed to such an extent that the people involved no longer have to be crushed to fit into the system.