Is Communism Really THAT Bad?

[Dodie16]

Communism sounds good on paper, maybe, but definitely fails horribly when put into practice. If everyone receives the same no matter what their station is in life, then why bother doing much at all? Being able to better oneself and earn a profit through your work is a greater driving force to a person than sharing everything.

Sure, there are those that end up working paycheck to paycheck in a capitalist society, but there's always at least the chance to do/have better. Within a communist society, you won't have that, unless you're among the ones in control of the wealth distribution, and if you are, then you have other things to worry about: Your own human nature for greed. When there's a concentration of power like that, it leads to corruption, and when a person starts thinking they deserve more and also have the power to give themselves just that, the system fails.

Those are my two cents, at any rate.

[Rowan]

The consequences of disobedience in a communist country are far more brutal. You must do what they say, otherwise you are basically screwed. You are either killed or jailed. You have no vote, no say in what goes on and are basically oppressed, more so than a democracy or republic.