h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Perhaps I can help. I think you may be getting two ideas mixed up. Marx expressed a theory of societal *evolution*, with 6 stages:

Stage 1: Primitivism, as typified by hunter-gatherer society. People make their own utensils, but everything else is collective; mutual co-operation

Stage 2: Slavery. First appearance of the concept of 'Means of Production', in this instance the land for agriculture. Essentially, the strong get stronger at the expense of the weak.

Stage 3: Feudalism. The strong get very strong, giving rise to kingship and land barons.

Stage 4: Capitalism. Kingship has declined, giving way to capital barons. Workers are paid fixed wages, with no share of the profits from the Means of Production.

Stage 5: Socialism. The Means of Production are directed for the general benefit of the many.

Stage 6: Communism, in which nations, social classes and property ownership, other than at a level similar to the first stage, disappear.

The other idea you be confusing with this is that of the stages of a post-revolutionary period, an idea that is not directly Marxian:

Stage 1: Often called the honeymoon period, a brief interregnum when the future seems bright

Stage 2: Moderate rule. Assumption of governmental control by the opposition to the previous government

Stage 3: Extremist rule. Assumption of control by radicals who feel that 'The Cause' has been let down by the Moderates, leading to a reign of terror

Stage 4: Exhaustion and return to normal. A synthesis of the better parts of the old and new regimes results.

Feel free to make what you will of this.

i think i am going to just stick this in the flea market, i dont think i can finish it, someone who knows what they are doing can finish it for me. They might get more intrest in their thread. I have other projects i want to get on with, but dont want to until i am finished with this.

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one final atttempt at getting this noticed.

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This Entry has now been removed from peer review, i may return it at a later date, but i have other things to be getting on with. Thanks to all of you who gave me advice, hints and tips to improve it.

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Hmm. I think i put this back in. But i really am not working on it, just bumping it so i can see if it is in PR. Maybe there is another thread somewhere.

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