 Instead of embracing the Marxist idea that a socialist society emerged from class struggle between the proletariat and bourgeoisie, Gaddafi believed that socialism would be achieved through overturning "unnatural" capitalism and returning society to its "natural equilibrium".In this, he sought to replace a capitalist economy with one based on his own romanticized ideas of a traditional, pre-capitalist past.This owed much to the Islamic belief in God's natural law providing order to the universe.