is that everything is owned by the people, and the society is on the verge of utopia (anarchy). (Encarta 2000) According to Marx, Communism is a concept or system of society in which the major resources and means of production are owned by the community rather than by individuals. In theory, such societies provide for equal sharing of all work, according to ability, and all benefits, according to need. Some conceptions of communist societies assume that, ultimately, coercive government would be unnecessary and therefore that such a society would be without rulers. Which would mean that there would not be any order in social classing. Everyone would be equal because no one would be above anybody else in social standings. But until the ultimate stages are reached, however, communism involves the abolition of private property by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state. (Britannica C)Communism is a society without money, without a state, without property and without social classes. People come together to carry out a project or to respond to some need of the human community but without the possibility of their collective activity taking the form of an enterprise that involves wages and the exchange of its products. The circulation of goods is not accomplished by means of exchange: quite the contrary, the by-word for this society is "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs".The final stage in Marxs evolution of society, would be Utopia, or anarchism. Anarchism is a political theory that is opposed to all forms of government. Anarchists believe that the highest attainment of humanity is the freedom of individuals to express themselves, unhindered by any form of repression or control from other people. They hold that the perfection of humanity will not be attained until all government is abolished and each individual is left absolutely free. And in achievin...
