The Value of Property...

"You are horrified at our intending to do away with private property. But in your existing society, private property is already done away with for 9/10ths of the population" (Marx 171).

This quote sums up one of Marx's main points in support of Communism, the fact that private property is sort of an illusion. The gap between the rich and the poor is large and it's true that the rich are in control of most of the "property" which we value today, including company shares, land/real estate, banks, etc. But it seems there is still a value in the idea of private property and the idea that owning property is a feasible goal. If the whole concept of private property was destroyed with a controlled economic installment like Communism, then all motivation would be lost.