The same are allotted to the
individual as a life tenure only.
The same custom prevails in the matter of personal property.
Should a Martian have use for a flying machine, also used by
another, or other kind of property for personal use, he does not
ask the use of same in the spirit that your Earth dwellers borrow
from one another. Use of the needed article is requested with
the idea that it belongs to the community: that all material
possessions are the common property of the entire race.
THE MILLIONS OF MARTIANS LIVE AS ONE FAMILY. IT IS THIS
SOLIDARITY, THIS FILIAL CONSIDERATION THAT ONE HOLDS FOR THE
OTHER THAT HAS MADE THE STUPENDOUS AND GIGANTIC PUBLIC WORKS ON
MARS POSSIBLE.
In the absence of a universal unity of purpose intelligent life
on Mars would have become extinct centuries ago, when the last
remnants of its oceans and seas dried up and a planetary
irrigation system became necessary in order to utilize the frozen
Polar moisture.
CHAPTER VI.
DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES
Barter and trade are unknown on Mars. The entire race of
Martians is cooperative, and the production of all necessities is
based on the needs of the Commonwealth.
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