Neither liberalism nor marxism admits of transcendental
social forms, which is not the same as saying that all
liberals and all marxists are atheists. The basic point is
that the end stage is realizable in this world, and even
relatively soon. To Herbert Spencer British society had
already come so far that only a little extra effort was
needed; to Marx and Engels it also looks as if communist
society would not be more than some generations away. And the
similarities between these two stateless end-states are
astounding. Thus, it looks as if they both include: