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in The German Ideology-- superior to the Middle Ages
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because it had more developed relations of production,
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more developed property relations.
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It was a further step towards private ownership.
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It was a further step because now the laborer
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had possessions of the land, what they cultivated.
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Well and here it comes, the classical Marxist view,
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what he will change in the Grundrisse,
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about historical change.
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And this is, I think, a provocative,
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important statement; that he said,
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"If I'm looking at a mode of production,