Competition and Dialectics

Competition and Dialectics, the internal motors of Capitalism and Marxism, respectively, can be conceived as two varieties of Conflict.  On that basis, the primary difference between them is that the resultant of the former is selective, i. e. a 'winner', while that of the latter is a sublating synthesis.  So, one the ironies of actual events is that Socialism has proven to be a formidable rival to Capitalism, supplying an economic organization for which there has been strong demand.  Another is that in its current phase, Dialectical History has arrived at a hybrid of Capitalism and Socialism, in which, contrary to the visions of both their founders, the latter has become pervasively incorporated only nationally, while internationally, the former is the more vital of the two.  But, despite the silly declaration of the Capitalist Fukuyama that the species has arrived at the 'end of history', its development remains a work-in-progress, so any final evaluation of the two systems seems premature.