When Karl Marx created communism, he hoped for it to result in classless societies where everyone possessed equal power. In reality, communism is one of the many forms government that is highly reliant on its social classes. It includes two levels: a working class and upper class. The working class toils under the dictator, completing everything for his or her benefit and the higher class consists of the government officials in the capital and the dictator alone that rule over the citizens. In contrast, the social classes of democracy consist of three levels, the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class. Unlike a communist government, the citizens that are below the higher power, in this case, the president, do not work for his or her benefit but for their own welfare. They work to provide themselves with money and other tools they need to live a fulfilling life. Along with the differences between the social classes in communism and democracy, the government limits the citizens’ …show more content…
In communism, the society is expected to function without the use of money. They consider ‘wealth’ as products, materials, and resources that should be collected and redistributed but are truthfully only being collected. As a result, it creates an unbalanced economic system that does not work to support the citizens. In addition to that, citizens are not allowed private property. The government supposedly distributes out property owned by them equally among the citizens. On the contrary, democracies normally have booming economic systems due to the fact that their society runs on money. They trade with other countries to receive the goods and services they need to sell for profit to the citizens of the country. As a result, the profit is used to maintain economic growth for the society. Furthermore, democracies also allow for the ownership of private property for it increases economic activity and creates competition among the citizens. Although the economic systems of communism and a democracy differ, they are both unique to