ABSTRACT
Based on the above citations of Marx and Lenin, we can divide society after the proletarian seizure into three major stages: the transition from capitalism to socialism; socialist society and the higher stage of communist society. In the following, we will first outline Marx and Engels’ vision on basic characteristics of the future society, and then discuss the basic characteristics of each of the three development stages. The social relations of the individual producers, with regard both to their labour and to its products, are in this case perfectly simple and intelligible, and that with regard not only to production but also to distribution. Based on relevant discussion of Marx and Engels, we can generalize their overall vision of the basic characteristics of this “community of free individuals” in the future society into the following ten aspects. Marx, Engels, and Lenin always adhered to the principle that “we don’t want to predict the future in a dogmatic way.
