Marxism was a classless form of government. Actually, there was no government in Marxism, the people ruled themselves. In theory, people were all at a common level; the only person that was to be higher than others was an administrator, whose only role was to make sure that the will of the people was carried out. It became the job of the people to regulate the country, to maintain equality and make sure that all of the capital that was produced was dispersed evenly among all of the people:

"The distinguishing feature of communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private propert

Champlin, Jessica. Karl Marx -- SocioRealm. 2000

"In the state of nature Locke believed that most people got along pretty well for the most part on the basis of natural law. It was to deal with the exceptions that they contracted with each other to form a civil society with civil law. In the state of nature every person had the right to defend his property (their life, freedom, and material goods) as they saw fit and to punish those who broke the natural law. They gave up these natural rights in order to form a more secure society by way of a social contract (which resulted in settled law, fair judges, and independent execution of the law). In so doing they obtained greater protection for their property." ( Swindell )

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When looking at some less fundamental concepts about Marxism and Democracy, it can be seen that they are very much alike. The first thing that they share is that they both arose from a common need for government. Like Marx, Locke wrote about democracy in order to eliminate oppression, which was seen everywhere. Thus, both forms of government were tailored to eliminate governmental oppression. Locke, when writing about this government, lived in an absolute monarchy, where all decisions are made by one man. In fact, Locke's first treatise on the ideal government was mainly a criticism of an essay, Patriarchia, which was in defense of divine monarchy. He no longer wanted to live with this oppression and thus wrote his theories of democracy. ( Landry )

Religion influenced in both forms of government, but in very different ways. Marx was a militant atheist, and did not want his people to be hindered by religion: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people" ( Jaritz ). Because of this, his is a simple government, controlled by people, not by God.

"...endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness" ( NARA ).

Remnants of Locke's theories are found in several governments, though the same cannot be said for Marxism. Even the Declaration of Independence has major influences from Locke's work:

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