Marx's Arguments Against Inequality

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Marx’s arguments against equality differ greatly from Nozick’s. Marx advocates for inequality, not between people but between how much distribution they receive to eliminate class differences. In Marx’s view, this unequal redistribution is crucial for a just society. He claims that labourers in society possess “no other property than [their] labour power…” and that they will be “the slave of other men who have made themselves the owners of the material conditions of labour.” What Marx is saying is that the working class will be subordinate to the owners of the means of production. They will have less wealth and less opportunity to function in society. Relying on rights will not help society remain fair, as rights make no distinction for class