Absent for Karl Marx

Karl Marx believe that class conflict was inevitable because of human nature; he believed that all humans are competitive and always will be. He believed that even if classes were to disappear that their competitive nature would have them still seeking better and trying to be better - produce more, earn more, etc.

I agree with Marx - it is human nature to be competitive. Some more than others, but everyone wants to be the best or at least try to be the best. In the world today men and women around the world are trying to be the best at something. For example, the Olympics. Men and women practice at their sports to be the best and they compete for the gold. Look at politics - many use slander to have their opponent lose.

In Brave New World the citizens were conditioned to be happy with their class. They were under a dictatorship, like what Marx said would happen, but they considered him as a God. The citizens - even though conditioned - still questioned their class. "Why was I chosen to be a delta?" or "I could do that." (Delta saying about Alpha). Marx said things like this would happen. He knew that because of human nature citizens wouldn't stay in a "classless" society forever - it wouldn't last.