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* Labor takes precedence over capital.

* People are more important than things.<ref>''Laborem Exercens'', §12; Henriot ''et al''., p. 77</ref>

For contrast, he named two ideas he considered to be errors: [[Economic materialism|materialism]] and [[economism]]. Materialism subordinates people to property; while economism regards the value of human labour only according to its economic purpose. John Paul recommends instead a philosophy of [[personalism]], a shift of attitude which could be achieved in a socialist system.

{{quote|The person who works desires not only due remuneration for his work; he also wishes that, within the production process, provision be made for him to be able to know that in his work, even on something that is owned in common, he is working "for himself". This awareness is extinguished within him in a system of excessive bureaucratic centralization, which makes the worker feel that he is just a cog in a huge machine moved from above...<ref>''Laborem Exercens'' §15</ref>}}