>>2580513I already explained it here
>>2577979Let's talk more about historical materialism though and analyze in Marxism terms.
In Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Marx says:
"In the social production of their life, men enter into definite relations that are indispensable and independent of their will, relations of production which correspond to a definite stage of development of their material productive forces."
Marx is saying that the structure of society emerges in accordance with the level of development of its productive forces, particularly its tools and technology.
In the earliest human societies, people lived in small groups where everything was shared and there was no private property. These communities were mostly egalitarian because their tools and technology were very basic. They hunted, gathered, and later farmed in simple ways. Since they couldn't produce much extra beyond what they needed to survive, there wasn’t room for wealth or class differences to develop. Studies today show that contemporary indigenous hunter gather tribes, who use very basic tools are quite egalitarian.
Marx also talks about how as the forces of production advances, it drives changes to the relations of production:
“At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing relations of production… From forms of development of the productive forces these relations turn into their fetters. Then begins an era of social revolution.” – Marx
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