These are the actually existing conditions in the world and an important concept in both dialectical materialism and historical materialism. Material conditions refers to:
1. the mode of production;
2. the availability and distribution of resources available to a person;
3. the social formations currently existing in society;
4. the legal formations (enacted laws) of the society;
5. the environment and geography of a society or person;
6. the individualized experience of a person or the collective experience of a class when interacting with the actual world.
