I've read so many communist books and philosophers, I wish to pitch in a few words for the sake of conversation.

Philosophy: Hegel was the precursor to Marx, but Marx also combined the Enlightenment 'stages of society' with Hegelianism.

One of Hegel's key ideas was that mankind became more moral the further advanced society became. What followed was that, in the Enlightenment, philosophers 'discovered' the stages of society. They said that all human society started out as tribal hunters and gatherers, they became settled agricultural kingdoms, and then they became mercantile and industrial. During these stages they said that human beings would become better, morally. So to the industrial nations, they assumed that they were morally superior to all tribal or agricultural nations.

Marx himself was a philosopher and an aristocrat (aside from writing, Marx never worked). But he did dedicate much time to solving the next phase of society. He suspected if he found the next stage of society, humans would advance in morality once again, and this advancement would eliminate injustice.

This idea was Marxism.