A society without classes and class property
Common ownership of the means of wealth production and distribution
Production to meet human need
Free access for every man, woman and child, each determining their own needs
No classes: all persons stand equally in relation to the means of wealth production
Participants fit enough to work volunteer services as preferred and needed
No buying, selling or exchange
No wasteful activities to support capitalism
Emphasis on democratic co-operation
Elections as required to choose representatives or delegates
Administration of things
No nation states, wars, armed forces
Education and health care for all
No property crime, any residual crime dealt with humanely
No environmental problems caused by profit seeking
The most developed form of class society
Minority (private or state) ownership of the means of wealth production and distribution
Production for profit
Access by economic demand (payment, with some handouts)
Two classes: those who own (master class) and don't own (working class) the means of wealth production
Employment (employers, employees, unemployed and retired)
Markets (buying and selling) for most goods and services, including labour
Activities necessary to support the profit system (banking, insurance, etc.)
Emphasis on competition
Leaders and followers
Mostly hierachical organisation (giving and taking orders)
Periodic elections to choose professional politicians
Government of persons
Nation states, wars, armed forces
Education for elites and for masses
Crime (mostly property), legal system to uphold private property rights
Environmental problems (pollution, acid rain, etc.) caused by profit seeking
