User blog:OreoToast555/Communism for noobs

Alright so there's plenty of people on here who have no idea what the hell communism is, and are too close-minded to see that it can be a good thing, and keep saying that it's a bad thing.

WHAT IS COMMUNISM
Communism is essentially a society where everyone is treated equally by the government, and everyone conforms to social norms and laws. Everyone has some wealth, no-one is rich, no-one is poor.

WHY IT DOESNT WORK
People, you and me, are greedy slobs. We want more and more and we use the notion of gaining money for power to work harder. That's what drives capitalism. Now, in our communism, there is no richness, thus there is no motive to work harder for money. That's simply why it fails.

WHY COMMUNIST NATIONS BECOME VIOLENT DICTATORSHIPS
The governments of these nations attempt to make communism work by forcing people who dont conform to conform. That results in the governement taking too much power and abusing it. For example, if someone doesnt work in a communist society, the government will go into your home and force you to work for some money.

WHY THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA FAIL
First off, the soviet union was ruined when stalin started purging his own citizens. Only in the early stages of the soviet union was communism even remotely working. When people went against the state during stalin's mass purges, the government cracked down on non-conformists by killing them, possibly to scare the rest of society into working. However, the government went power hungry and killed conformists as well. China's system only works because it uses a westernized system. From my POV (point of view), china's system is the closest thing, even remotely to sorta-working communism. People do work n' stuff and they make some money. They dont get rich.