Disclaimer: I have no formal training in political science. I'm not interested in any discussion for or against any modern political movement, communist movements or government, especially as my wife comes from a country ruled by one.
Not really I'm afraid. He wrote very little about how his vision of government, economy and social/governing institutions would actually work after the revolution. I've heard it suggested that the quote I gave is his total contribution on the subject.
It sounds like a post-scarcity society. I think that's what Marx was expecting - that the revolution would bring about an era in which conflict over resources would be eliminated, but by social, economic and even psychological means (the new political consciousness) to address fetishistic consumerist demand, rather than technological means to address supply constraints. There would be no conflict over resources, therefore no need of institutions (even including families) to regulate and resolve such conflicts, which might explain why he never wrote about them.
Simon Hibbs
Vile said:
Not really I'm afraid. He wrote very little about how his vision of government, economy and social/governing institutions would actually work after the revolution. I've heard it suggested that the quote I gave is his total contribution on the subject.
It sounds like a post-scarcity society. I think that's what Marx was expecting - that the revolution would bring about an era in which conflict over resources would be eliminated, but by social, economic and even psychological means (the new political consciousness) to address fetishistic consumerist demand, rather than technological means to address supply constraints. There would be no conflict over resources, therefore no need of institutions (even including families) to regulate and resolve such conflicts, which might explain why he never wrote about them.
Simon Hibbs
