The countries that are best of , don ' t have the freest markets , not did they start of with equal chances . In Africa , the governments often can ' t use their power , so why don ' t markets swoop in an use this potential profit source ? Europe and the USA were and sometimes even are imperial powers . British colonies , were coordinated to not to what was best for them , but for the masters . This significantly proves their position . Imagine having all your clothes produced in the western world , with all their labor unions demanding horrendous stuff like workers rights or human dignity ! The prices would be enormous ! And regarding the why capitalism for socialism point marx argues , that feudalism progressed into capitalism , and that the latter was better than the former . The problem is , that if you skip capitalism , and go straight to socialism like in the USSR , you have to build up the infrastructure , educate the people , etc . There are actually some of the good things that capitalism does compared to feudalism . But since in capitalism , other conflicts of interest arise , this stage too has to be passed . Marx believed that this would be socialism , because there would be no more class conflicts just this is reason enough to say that the USSR and their satellites were on the wrong way . They had classes with opposition interests , so they wouldn ' t have even been capable of achieving Communism .