Alexis de Tocqueville and Karl Marx are two different philosophers who undeniably had different opinions on countless topics. Both had strong opinions and delved into themes of community, individualism and inequality. You could say they differ in countless ways regarding democracy and inequality, yet when it comes to individualism they seem to agree on how society should come together. The perspective that Marx and De Tocqueville take on each of these topics is different, but their overall message seems to reveal the same kind of thinking. When you look back at these ancient sociologists, how do you know which of them were right and which of them to believe? When we examine community, individualism, and inequality we examine works. In the past, Marx acquired an interesting position on individualism and found that it was much more important than equality. He argues that individualism allows workers to reach a consensus and overthrow the dictatorial leader. De Tocqueville, on the other hand, claims that capitalism thrives on individualism. De Tocqueville's thesis was between equality and individualism. He describes individualism as “a calm and thoughtful feeling which disposes every citizen to isolate himself from the mass of his fellow men and to withdraw into the circle of family and friends” (De Tocqueville, 506). His perspective was that individualism empowers people to become competent but also empowers and reassures society to work with others in the community to amplify possibilities for growth. As stated by Professor Veugelers “De Tocqueville saw that the inequality between rich and poor was becoming more serious and limited and I thought that sooner or later the gap would close”. (Veugelers) Tocqueville was not a supporter of equality but he valued freedom, what he meant by freedom was freedom from a tyrannical government, arbitrarily taking property. De Tocqueville wondered how freedom could be preserved as society became more and more equal. When it comes to equality De Tocqueville is neither left nor right. Karl Marx on the other hand had a different vision of equality. He believed that families were organizations of inequality. He believed that the state would disappear if classes in society were erased because the job of a state is to take advantage of inequality. Marx hypothesized that he would see a good portion of the poor advance financially and socially. This, however, did not occur. The aristocracy was taken over by capitalism, they were people whose main goal was to acquire money and the working class was taken over by the proletariat who were those who worked to acquire income. Marx states that “workers end up alienating themselves not only from the goods they produce and from the process itself, but also from their peers, from themselves, from nature (Marx, 6). His point was with capitalism and working people would have less money and experience alienation