Supporters of a communist revolution hoped it would lead to a government in which workers were: equal owners of property and goods. expected to follow a dictator. equal economically and socially. expected to create businesses.

 Because the Capitalism creates visible differences in society, the creators of the Communist revolution thought they had the ideal form of economy, which offer people the equal benefit of wages, making them equal economically and socially (a classless society). The priciple of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." was taken from the Bible, although they reject religion and God.

an economic reason that the south needed a reconstruction plan is that plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.