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    Definitionally according to whom? Who defined it? What were their qualifications? Based on what evidence?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism#History

    I cannot think of a single great civilization from history that reached communism of as a stage of development before the 20th century. Please name one or two. If it is a stage of civilizational development, you should be able to demonstrate that.

    Again, does the fact there were times in human history before capitalism, with no knowledge or experience of capitalism, somehow make capitalism not a thing? Can something be defined only after it is seen?

    The word communism, literally means, a classless, stateless, moneyless society, that fulfills the principle “from each according to their ability to each according to their need”. That’s what the word means, do you dispute this definition?

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      So not based on any sort of science or history, or evidence that this has ever happened in all of human history.

      This is what is known as “wishful thinking.”

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        The word communism, literally means, a classless, stateless, moneyless society, that fulfills the principle “from each according to their ability to each according to their need”. That’s what the word means, do you dispute this definition?

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          I dispute that it has ever happened or that there is any evidence that it ever will happen.

          Not unless you are talking about tiny bands of hunter-gatherers.