First, Marx seems to assume that it is possible to be a
universal human being in a particular sense, at least in
post-capitalist society. When economic divisions have fallen
away, we will be left with fellow-feeling for all human beings.
Based on a form of solidarity for all human beings which
transcends barriers of race, religion, nationality, and so on,
we can develop a co-operative, all-inclusive, society. This is
anticipated in some remarks in the Communist Manifesto: