The problem with Communism is timing. In the future (if we survive the next century) there will be enough technological progression to create essential Communism (no-one needs to work, everyone will have necessary resources to live incredible lives and so forth). Of course, we won’t call it Communism.
Of course not. Because that’s not what defines Communism. Communism is government ownership of the means of production.
What you’re describing is “post scarcity”. We’ve already achieved it in some areas. There’s enough surplus clothing to last for several decades if we quit making more tomorrow for instance. Most likely when we get out to generally post scarcity the means of production will be individually owned, but it’s so easy to produce so much that nobody will care all that much about careful tracking of its disposition.
The problem with Communism is timing. In the future (if we survive the next century) there will be enough technological progression to create essential Communism (no-one needs to work, everyone will have necessary resources to live incredible lives and so forth). Of course, we won’t call it Communism.
Of course not. Because that’s not what defines Communism. Communism is government ownership of the means of production.
What you’re describing is “post scarcity”. We’ve already achieved it in some areas. There’s enough surplus clothing to last for several decades if we quit making more tomorrow for instance. Most likely when we get out to generally post scarcity the means of production will be individually owned, but it’s so easy to produce so much that nobody will care all that much about careful tracking of its disposition.