What is utopian communities?

Answer 1

This is mildly if not extremely debatable seeing as the etymology of almost all words is no longer synonymous with their current social meanings, especially in the political realm. To truly begin to grasp these concepts lets grab some quick definitions from Wikipedia.

"Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature."

Thus, to be Utopian is to be in pursuit of ideal conditions for all participants of a society.

"Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production."

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." - The Communist Manifesto

Thus, to be Communist (in it's original stateless form) is to believe in a non-hierarchical society which does not use money, distributes goods according to need, allows employment based upon one's own chosen abilities, and promotes common ownership of capital and the creation there of (outside of the individual or their labor).

Seemingly these ideas should easily coalesce. Utopian Communism, in the sense idealized here, would consist of a society of social Libertarianism (in its stricter sense), total economic equality, all property (so long as said property is not deemed a 'human right' to personally own, i.e. food, water, clothes, home/land and it's contents, car, etc) would be shared, one could chose what they studied in order to determine what their own educational and thus career path will be, the end of working for wages and instead for global freedom and equality through propping up communities and oneself. The participants of this society would in all likelihood hold deep solidarity with their neighbors and indeed the whole world. All members could spend their time entirely as they please, leading to full expressions of artistic creativity, scientific theory, philosophical discussion, and inclusive democracy.

Answer 2

This is mildly if not extremely debatable seeing as the etymology of almost all words is no longer synonymous with their current social meanings, especially in the political realm. To truly begin to grasp these concepts lets grab some quick definitions from Wikipedia.

"Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature."

Thus, to be Utopian is to be in pursuit of ideal conditions for all participants of a society.

"Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production."

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." - The Communist Manifesto

Thus, to be Communist (in it's original stateless form) is to believe in a non-hierarchical society which does not use money, distributes goods according to need, allows employment based upon one's own chosen abilities, and promotes common ownership of capital and the creation there of (outside of the individual or their labor).

Seemingly these ideas should easily coalesce. Utopian Communism, in the sense idealized here, would consist of a society of social Libertarianism (in its stricter sense), total economic equality, all property (so long as said property is not deemed a 'human right' to personally own, i.e. food, water, clothes, home/land and it's contents, car, etc) would be shared, one could chose what they studied in order to determine what their own educational and thus career path will be, the end of working for wages and instead for global freedom and equality through propping up communities and oneself. The participants of this society would in all likelihood hold deep solidarity with their neighbors and indeed the whole world. All members could spend their time entirely as they please, leading to full expressions of artistic creativity, scientific theory, philosophical discussion, and inclusive democracy.