Gandhi focuses most on economic equality and he sees it as the basis of non-violence and freedom. According to Gandhi, violence and class struggle stems from economic inequality and there is utmost requirement for bridging the economic gap among rich and poor, urban and villages. Gandhi's ideal society had absolute equality of incomes for all types of work and for all individials. Gandhi consideres accumulation of wealth as immoral which is why he proposes trusteeship.  To achieve equitable distribution, he proposes four specific measures : (a) Bread Labour, (b) Voluntary Renunciation, (c) Satyagraha and (d) Government Action. Gandhian ideal of socialism was purely based on the equality without violence which was contrast to the Marxists/socialist form of social equality. The later seeks the social equality by violent transformation.

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 Gandhi was a great believer in the principle of democratic equality and the British constitution providing equality and justice to all. He criticises denial of equality to non-European races on the basis of "color" as it was seen in the realism of South Africa. Gandhi, had advocated for removal of untouchability, caste segregation, inequality/classification based on religion, caste, race and nation. He was also critic to Indian Princes for not taking care of poors in their respective states. Gandhi was also critical to the East India Company for misery of the Indian poors and  oppressions by the company based on religion, color and cloths.  He opposed the industrial investment and capitalism as they were destroying the village industries and economies