Thus, by producing their means of subsistence men are indirectly producing their actual material life" (Marx, 150). Marx explains that the method of production that every society perform, distinguish them from other society because the form of production is determined by how and what the society produces.
As societies begin to develop, from smaller scale units to bigger and more enterprise entities, Marx says, the productive forces, division of labour and internal intercourse have become the evident substances for the nation's advancement. He also mentions that as the result of that advancement, human revolutionizes in order to adapt to their new social setting. Marx exclaims, " But not only of one nation to others, but also the whole internal structure of the nation itself depends on the stage of development reached by its production in internal and external intercourse. How far the productive forces of a nation are developed is shown most manifestly by the degree to which the division of labour has been carried" (Marx 150). Marx explains that not every society develops uniformly since there are many types of ownership that exist in respective society. Nevertheless, the various stages of the development of division of labour is determine by the relations of individual to one another with reference to "the material, instrument and product of labour" (Marx 151) and because "The nature of individuals thus depends on the material condition determining their production" (Marx, 150).
Marx describes the different forms of ownership, which corresponds to the stages of development that occur in society. For instance, in the form of ownership in tribal ownership, the production of labour is just at its undeveloped stage because the society lives in a small, simple life which people live by hunting or fishing routinely in order to survive. Thus, the production of activity in tribal ownership is only limited to an extension of the family members of the tribe with the increment of population gradually develops with the external relations, both through war and barter (Marx 151).
