WE SHALL BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF THE UNWASHED ! <| sep |> Personal perception of value is highly dependent on income . If I make $ 100 , 000 a year , a $ 5 burger is worth far less to me than if I make $ 15 , 000 even though the price remains the same . And consideration had to be given to income which means to opportunity to earn is a much more important criteria than expressed value in absolute currency terms . What Marx almost got right was that income should accrue more equally in part to equalise perceivedexpressed value . Where libertarian ideals fall most often is in recognizing the limitations of opportunity for income . Not everyone can rise in a system designed such that many are marginalized from birth through no fault of their own . Communism , while irreparably flawed , recognized this and at least tried to offer a solution . Socialist ideas like education funded by the populace work better than the capitalist alternatives . If the goal is betterment of the lives of the most people and thereby the growth of the nation as a whole . If the goal is fuck everyone else , I ' m looking out for number one then libertarian ideals make more sense .