"...Imagine a society where the means of production are owned by everyone, where everyone works according to their intelligence and abilities, and where the products of this social cooperation are shared with each individual according to their effort. Nothing could be simpler, right? A common production within factories, shipyards, and workshops of the nation; and then, exchange and payment in kind. If there is an increase in production, it is collected in public warehouses, from where it is taken again to cover any shortages that may arise. It is a kind of balance preservation... And this, like an axe, brings down the rotten tree. No more competition, no more private capital, so no more businesses of any kind, no more trade, no more markets, no more Stock Exchanges. The idea of profit no longer has any meaning. Speculative sources, incomes earned without work, are abolished..."