History of Community Development According to Karl Marx
In his book The German Ideology (1846) Marx and Engels [1] argued that the development of society seen from its history has passed through the four patterns of production [2] or social formation:
[First] The pattern of primitive production, its economic activity is simple hunting, shepherding, and cultivation of land. There is no specialization of work and private ownership, social relations are based on familial ties (tribal) so that there are no social classes (primitive communism).
[Second] The social formations of slavery, as in the ancient Greeks and Romans. Occurs due to population growth, agricultural production and buying and selling process.
[Third] The feudal social formation, referring to the socio-economic order of France and Britain since the 8th century until the French revolution (1789). This society is dominated by the nobility as the owner of the land.
[Fourth] The pattern of capitalist production that had emerged around the 16th century and became dominant with the industrial revolution. In this society, production activities are not intended to meet the needs alone, but to gain profit.
According to him the development of social formation will end up being a communist society. This society is characterized by a system of joint ownership of production equipment and the absence of social classes. Humans are valued for their humanity, that is, the human productive capabilities are developed in a balanced and satisfactory manner. [3]
But in fact the prediction is not proven until now. Entering this post-modern era, capitalism still exist and even according to experts argue that capitalism has found a new form, namely multinational capitalism and late capitalism (late capitalism).