Marx realized our current mental "handicap" (if you will)...He theorized communism as the next step in our natural progression from more archaic forms of economy. Its all about moving from "fragmentation" to "one-ness"....example in the Hegelian (I think) Dialectic:
thesis-------
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-------Synthesis
/
antithesis----
The idea is that all throughout time there has been a cycle of great events where the "thesis" and "anithesis" became one thing...the "Synthesis"...but almost as instantly as the Synthesis is created...another Antithesis emerges to continue the cycle. The idea is that after each "synthesis" is created...the two opposing forces become just a little more similar.....like they're rubbing off on eachother....the Cycles becomes more severe as we move toward the "ultimate synthesis" in which all things are one. This dialectic manifests itself in our current economic system and cycles of"Crash, Depression, Revival of Economy, Inflation, Crash....etc." So basically its going to get much worse before it gets better.
Its a little disjointed...I'm a slightly toasted....So ask and i'll try to clarify for you...if I even know.