Communism???

Question

I have learned about communism and I looked it up in the Dictionary. The problem is I still don't get it. In school, they didn't really mention exactly what it was that made communism bad. can u explain it to? in an easy way to understand and tell me the main thing that makes it bad?

Answer 1

Communism is a beautiful thing on paper, but it can turn sour really quickly. Often times, communism is forced upon the people which defeats its purpose in the first place.

Communism is the idea of common ownership of everything in a society, and, in order for communism to work, everyone in the community must want it to work. Greed cannot be prevalent at all in a communistic society, or it will crumble to the ground.

Communism exports the idea that a teacher would receive the same salary, or the same amount of goods, as a doctor, lawyer, or postal worker.

This is a really bad take summary of it =\

Here's an in depth look at it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

Answer 2

Communism isn't BAD, it just doesn't work very well.

Communism is a more extreme form of socialism. In addition to the principles of socialism (public ownership of the means of production, and management of same for public benefit, as opposed to private ownership and management for profit), communists call for the abolition of all forms of private property and free enterprise, as well as "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need".

It sounds equitable but it has drawbacks. Human nature is such that most people, except for the very dedicated, will put forth as little effort as they feel they can in order to get by. Those who work hard but need little will resent the fact that the needy, whom they will generally perceive as slackers, get a significant portion of what the harder workers produced, seemingly for nothing. Many will slack off themselves, and production will drop.

Also, maintaining such rigid regulations, especially against business, requires massive government oversight, restrictions on civil liberties, and usually a secret police, as the Russians found out. Resources must be spent in keeping people from leaving (Berlin Wall, for example), and all of it represents a drain on already diminished production.

While communism is clearly superior to anarchy or unregulated capitalism, where the strong are allowed to exploit, trample, and kill the weak, it creates almost as many problems as it solves, and is not the best form of government available. Only a few true communist states remain; Cuba has been able to keep itself running and keep itself fed (barely), North Korea is perpetually on the brink of starvation. Even the nominally communist China has all but abandoned the principles of Marx and Lenin.

The best forms of government combine the best qualities of all of the economic systems, usually to form a watered-down socialism, in which people are largely left alone in their private lives, strong labor unions keep the working class out of poverty, and strong but not overbearing regulation on business curbs the worst abuses while still leaving a reward for industriousness.