Communist vs. Bourgeois Societies

The goals in communistic and bourgeois societies are polar opposites. According to Marx, "in bourgeois society, living labour is but a means to increase accumulated labor" (171). Communistic society is totally opposite. Concerning communistic society, Marx writes, "in communist society, accumulated labor is but a means to widen, to enrich, to promote the existence of the laborer" (171). These two societies differ on their views of time and productivity. In bourgeois society, the past dominated the present, as opposed to communist society where the present dominates the past. There is definitely more optimism in the communist party. Although communists cannot horde their riches, like many capitalists, there are numerous members of the bourgeois society who are extremely materialistic, even though "private property is already done away with for nine-tenths of the population.