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The point of communism is that you are supposed to do as little work as possible, and that the fruits of the work that you DO do goes straight down your pocket (in a sense).
Since the industrial revolution there has been a steady pace of automation meaning that less and less people have been necessary to produce the same amount of goods. As an political and economical idiot you might see this as something deeply beneficial for mankind and yes it can be, but not in capitalism. In capitalism you want as few workers (they cost money) as possible and as many consumers (they give money) as possible. In the economy as a whole this is an impossible equation to solve since consumers get their money from working. Yet fewer and fewer are needed in the workplace because of automation.
Anywho, in communism (in the marxian sense) this is not the case at all. In communism products are produced to fill a need, not to be sold on a market. Same thing you say? Not at all. In capitalism products that has no buyers are not produced. So, if only destitute africans has some malady and therefore need its cure badly will this in it self be enough for for the cure to be developed or at least distributed to those who need it. The product is not produced to fill a need, it is produced to be sold. If the needy are not wealthy enough to buy the product then they wont get it either. When the opposite is true then one of the basic criteria of communism has been fulfilled.