What is this "classlessness" spoken of?

Classlessness refers to a type of society in which social classes do not exist. Broadly speaking, such societies can be divided in two distinct categories: Social class describes the relationships between people in hierarchical societies or cultures. ...

1. Societies in which classes have never developed. These are usually the kind of societies where all people naturally play similar economic roles; they include most early human groups, as well as the more recent societies of the native inhabitants of North America, many Pacific islands, and so on. Some of them are forms of primitive communism.
2. Societies where classes have been abolished. Such a situation is usually the result of a voluntary decision by the members of a certain society, to abolish that society's class structure. Examples include all modern communes, most notably the Paris Commune, the kibbutzim, etc. Furthermore, the abolition of social classes and the establishment of a classless society is the ultimate goal of both Communism and Anarchism.

Classless societies are supposed to be highly egalitarian, and they are also meant to be against the concept of private property, as all things are shared. Many are governed by a form of direct democracy, others might be through local-power decentralized groups of Commune's, hence the name of Communism. Primitive communism, according to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is the original society of humanity. ... A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. ... The term Paris Commune originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective community. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a popular movement. ... Libertarian socialism is any one of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, in particular the institutions of capitalism and the state. ... Egalitarianism is the moral doctrine that equality ought to prevail among some group along some dimension. ... This page deals with property as ownership rights. ... Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein all citizens can directly participate in the political decision-making process. ... A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. ...

See also

• proletariat, bourgeoisie, upper class, middle class, working class
• Class consciousness, Class conflict, Class warfare
• Class in the contemporary United States

The proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is called a proletarian. ... Bourgeois at the end of the thirteenth century Bourgeoisie (boorzhwäz-ee´) in modern use refers to the wealthy or propertied classes in a capitalist society. ... The term upper class refers to a group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Class consciousness is a category of Marxist theory, referring to the self-awareness of a social class, its capacity to act in its own rational interests, or measuring the extent to which an individual is conscious of the historical tasks their class (or class allegiance) sets for them. ... Class conflict is both the friction that accompanies social relationships between members or groups of different social classes and the underlying tensions or antagonisms which exist in society. ... Class conflict is both the friction that accompanies social relationships between members or groups of different social classes and the underlying tensions or antagonisms which exist in society. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social structure of the United States. ...

In Social-Antropology

Classlessness also refers to the state of mind required in order to operate effectively as a social anthropologist. Anthropological training includes making assessments of and therefore becoming aware of one's own class assumptions, so that these can be set aside from conclusions reached about other societies. Otherwise conclusions reached about studied societies will likely be coloured by the anthropologist's own class values. See the article on class consciousness in this context. Class consciousness is a category of Marxist theory, referring to the self-awareness of a social class, its capacity to act in its own rational interests, or measuring the extent to which an individual is conscious of the historical tasks their class (or class allegiance) sets for them. ...