Editing Anti-capitalism (section)

=== Marxism ===
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[[File:Zentralbibliothek Zürich Das Kapital Marx 1867.jpg|thumbnail|''[[Das Kapital|Capital: Critique of Political Economy]]'', by [[Karl Marx]], is a critical analysis of political economy, meant to reveal the economic laws of the [[Capitalist mode of production (Marxist theory)|capitalist mode of production]].]]

[[Karl Marx]] saw capitalism as a historical stage, once progressive but which would eventually stagnate due to internal contradictions and would eventually be followed by socialism. Marx claimed that capitalism was nothing more than a necessary stepping stone for the progression of man, which would then face a political revolution before embracing the [[classless society]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wallerstein |first1=Immanuel |title=The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |date=September 1974 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=387–415 |doi=10.1017/S0010417500007520 |s2cid=73664685}}</ref>