Interpreting Marx Marx believed that in communism people worked to get the same thing. There was no competition to get to the top; everyone got the same thing. He believed the limit of a man's needs is the limit of his production. This will change if demand is high and there is a chance for a profit. The person then produces excess so they can try to get ahead of the rest. This is what …
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…so he can get more. The one who produces the most of a desired product will become rich and feel like they belong above the rest. An object can be valuable or worthless depending on its desire. If our value is mutual between everybody, then the object is worthless since everybody already has it. As Marx said, "Our mutual value, then, is the value of our mutual objects. For us, therefore, man himself is worthless."