Does society improve or corrupt human beings?

The two great thinkers Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud wrote extensively on the individual. As part of that writing, both spoke of how civilization affects and shapes everyone. While both authors saw the necessity of society, it is a certainty that they valued its importance differently. Freud believed in the benefits of its restraint, Marx believing while necessary for organization, society did not promote the best interest of the individual. Sigmund Freud in his book …

…but from that point on their perspective is very different. Freud's perspective is that as people band together those that are stronger are limited. Marx' view is that only the powerful band together, and that they must be disbanded, so that those that are not in power, can take power. Freud's view of people is positive, Marx' negative. Time on this issue has proven the validity of Freud's view and has proven Marx view bankrupt.