First of all, I am did not read any work by Karl Marx. As I mentioned in my first introduction post, the evolution of human being to the broader person is important. I understand the communism in that perspective. You may be wondering how a so-called dead concept of communism is evolving one. Let me explain it. Let us have a dialogue.
Prologue:
Human species is one of the lastest species of living being as compared to other animals as per the evolutionary theory or of that sort. (I am not going into the religious beliefs. But if we read those teachings - between lines - maybe we come to the same point). My point is simple - it means that human being is the youngest among the animals on earth. But we have evolved over years to have the family, and society around it and so on.
Then we made other classifications such as religion, country and so on for the better management of the society in which the human lives. Thus in a simple way, the human is evolving to grow beyond the self the world - it will take time.
So we go back to communism. Capitalism is pure animal instinct or based on Darvin's theory of evolution - survival of fittest. Thus people compete with each other to survive and grow - and then sustain the growth. But, fortunately, or unfortunately human beings are intelligent enough to build systems that can grow beyond the basic animal instinct.
As I have already mention human species are special in a way that they created concept of family, then society and so on around them. The learn to love and sustain the love to a set of people around them - selflessly. ( Of course many times the animals act selflessly than the human, but it is another instinct - of living in the present- sometimes I feel that we are losing that instinct for some reason - I may discuss that point later in some other post)
One of the major so-called drawbacks of communism is that it restricts the competition and hence the people become lazy and the whole economy will go down. But the point is communism is beyond the economy; it is a way of life. Nobody needs special motivation to do good for themselves and their family - I hope most of you accept this point. Thus it is upto each one of us to be broad enough to consider the people around you as part of you or as your family.
In Indian philosophy (from old vedic times - I may talk about Indian philosophies also in some post in the future), we say "vasudhaivakudumbakam" (means world is the family). Jesus said to love your neighbor as same as yourselves. Similarly, others, all religious masters and world leaders said the same in one way or other - they did not name it as communism.
Thus the concept is simple - be broad enough to accommodate the whole world as your family. Have a big mind - if you are making money or anything from others by hurting them, then in a sense you are hurting yourself or your family itself. The concept of communism is relevant as long as the human race evolve.
(I am not against capitalism, capitalism is again a great concept, but based on competition - as long as the competition is healthy and is like a game played by children without bad intentions it is another good way of life - I may talk about it later
The concepts are always good. The implementation and misuse make it horrible - be it a concept of religion, country, class, caste or whatever you name it
I may look forward to the dialogue on translating the abstract concept to a working system in future posts)