One of the subscribers asked me an interesting question, which boils down to the fact that what would be the incentive for people to act under communism, apart from material? Does it seem reasonable (from an external point of view) to say that a person always has only enough, and after getting what he wants, he will start wanting something else? After all, owning things is (perhaps mostly) a sign of social status? That is, people may strive for things not to use them, but to demonstrate status. But increasing status in a group is built almost at the biological level?
This is a very important question. I think the answer lies in the fact that the person is not the same throughout the existence of a gay person. and until the beginning of the twentieth century. (When ethnographic research began) only people who remained at the level of the last stage of the Mesolithic existed on Earth as the most backward. This phase began to end only 12 thousand years ago, with the transition to the Neolithic. Just in case - a sign for the Neolithic - bow and arrows, clay ceramics, fishing, drilling and polishing stone and a productive economy (may not all signs exist in a certain culture).
Thus, we can judge the social structure of Late Stone Age people. But it's also bread. For example, the Europeans were amazed that the pygmies didn't stock up and didn't make an effort to accumulate things. If they were offered a good iron boiler for certain services, they could answer: thank you, we already have a boiler, we don't need a second boiler. That is, they did not suffer from materialism.
What was prestigious among ancient hunters? Marks of status obtained through one's own efforts. For a person - the fangs of large predators killed by his own hands. For a woman - clothes and jewelry made by her own hands. Some fangs could be exchanged for others, but they could not be bought or stolen. These items were placed with the deceased in the grave.
Even today there are such objects in our lives.