Probably centuries of socialism (or "lower stage of socialism") as per the Marx and marxist thought. The conflicts of interests in production have to have vanis

Probably centuries of socialism (or "lower stage of socialism") as per the Marx and marxist thought. The conflicts of interests in production have to have vanished (in marxist terms the so called class struggle has ended). Many communists doubt whether this is even possible, but find it a good goal nevertheless. In communism there's no state, and hence no government. Communist parties don't claim that countries they run are communist (it would be an oxymoron), or even socialist yet (China kind of hints at that though). "In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and therewith also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished; after labor has become not only a means of life but life's prime want; after the productive forces have also increased with the all-around development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly – only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!" https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/ch01.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/ch01....