Capitalism and Marxism are vastly different. Marxism, also known as Communism, is a concept where all property is shared and everyone is paid based on equality. Capitalism is where property is privately owned, and industry and trade are controlled by owners. Capitalism is beneficial because it allows for a higher variety of products to be put on the market, more incentives to work harder, better work effort, and higher rates of innovation. Marxism, on the other hand, boasts equal pay and treatment for all people, government control of production to ensure equal work, and the removal of the class system. In America's modern society, the effects of capitalism define the U.S because it gives the U.S its industrial power and structure, which defines each person's socioeconomic status.
Nanny, who had raised Janie, was financially well off. This is evident at the beginning of chapter two in Their Eyes Were Watching God, where the book states that Nanny's job was working with white people and that Janie was raised with white people. Having the advantage of working
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This control gave him an uneven rank among the people in the town, demonstrating the ranks in capitalism. The shop demonstrated capitalism over the town because it was privately owned by Joe, which defines capitalism. Janie benefited financially from Joe's capitalized money. She was able to live in a nice home and have a lot of money to spend. If society were Marxist, on the other hand, the wealth that Joe privately owned would be distributed to everyone, and Joe would not be able to buy his nice house or own the store privately. The growth of the town would also not be ensured because no one wants to work hard to grow the town. With the average income of Joe in a Marxist society, he would not be able to invest in singular assets like a