Alright, you guys want to know why communism doesn't work?
Because it strips away people's own rights. Thousands if not millions of people have died throughout the history under Communist regimes, simply because of their differing political beliefs. The idea of communism and socialism sounds amazing on paper - everyone gets the same shit for the same amount of work, everyone's happy. But let's be honest, this never happens. Equality of result should never equal equality of opportunity - something that capitalism is based on.
Another point that's been raised on this thread is that communism is for the people. At which I can only fucking laugh. If you ever read up on history articles of ANY NON-COMMUNIST SOURCE, you will find that Communist governments have repercussed, reprimanded, silenced and even executed people who even dared to say their own mind which differed with the Communist agenda. And don't tell me that everyone got the same amount of shit (which is the main point of socialism, little did you know.) Neighbours ratted out their neighbours, families ratted out their family members, simply because they wanted to get on the good side of the government to, you guessed it, get political favours and grow influential.
The entire point of communism is not for the people. Its political agenda is focused on sustaining communism. Its economic factor is focused on sustaining communism. Its laws are focused on SUSTAINING COMMUNISM. Fuck off, but I really don't feel like having my rights taken away just because some bearded cunt thought of a fictional universe where everyone is right and dandy. This is the real world, hippies.