Third, in the more equal society man has no group of peers to connect oneself to. Ones life may be risked not only for ones descendants' sake but for those other members of ones class, with whom one shares a common sympathy. The more equal society lacks this. Morals are tempered by the equal society, because one can at some level relate to everyone, but one does not feel the connection enough to be willing to sacrifice oneself for them. With individuals each on their own, working for their own good, alone there can be no revolution.
Revolution requires sacrifice, co-operation and effort.
It requires people to see a tie between them and others, so that they would work even risking their own life for the good of their people. Tocqueville describes that this will not happen in a democratic state, and although Marx is hopeful still that the workers will somehow unite there are in his writings some trace of agreement with Tocqueville. Marx agrees that capitalism has taken away the social relations. He acknowledges that the capitalist system has destroyed the importance of family. Yet despite both of these admissions, he still believes that the people at some level will be forced to work together.