Marxism and the State： Its Origin and Development

e rest of munity as its rulers ( Plamenatz , 1963 ). As argued by( Jalee , 1977 ) in the distant past , people came together in families , clans and larger groupings and anization of labour flowed from general agreement founded in customs , being experienced and respected by all. munity did not depend on specialists or anizations for the coordination of its functions and no one was a full-time specialist. However , things changed , plex division labour set in and exploitation appeared. Engels argues that in the tribal society , as time progressed , the productivity of labour increased thereby expanding the structure of society which hitherto was based on kinship groups. The increased productivity led to increasing volume of private property and exchange , with differences of wealth and the