Marx admits that the capitalist system triumphed in the past because it was the only system capable of meeting the needs of emerging markets. But he also says that it is a monster that eats itself. In his words, “The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them all social relations.” It does so, because in its constant drive to expand the market for its products it must expand over the whole face of the globe. “It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere.” This brings into situations among populations not ready for it. But it is unavoidable. The wants and desires introduced by the capitalist system require the resources of remote places. As a result the world is pulled into this system. In a nutshell, it creates a world after its own image.
Is this assessment correct? Can the capitalist system survive without swallowing up everything and remaking it along its own lines, or is peaceful coexistence with other ways and other systems impossible? For that matter, does the communist system suffer from the same problem?
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