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CMV: Communism can never work, will never work, and has never worked.

The Communism I am arguing against is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state

I believe Communism will never work for several reasons.

1) No incentive to try hard. If everyone is getting "paid" the same in food or rations, then why ever put any effort into something? You know nothing good is going to come out of it, besides possibly being able to move up into a different role, however the whole idea of Communism is that their are no different roles.

2) Nothing good can come out of Communism. If their are no classes, then everyone will be doing almost the same thing, whether it be something agrarian, or more industrial. If that is all citizens are doing, then who is going to invent items and improve the quality of life for the citizens of that country? Pretty much every single good invention or product that has been made has come out of the private sector. If the government is busy rationing food and other items out, then they can't be making new products. 

3) No freedom for the citizens of a communist society. If you are a citizen of a communist society, you have very little freedoms. Say you have a brilliant idea and want to greatly improve the quality of life in your country, you can't make a company and start selling that item, as private businesses are forbidden. Say you want to work harder to get more food or money, you aren't able to as everything is distributed equally. Now say you would like to spend your "money" on something else, you can't because the government decides what to give you. You have no say in a Communist society.

4) Communism gives the government too much power. Communism gives the government all of the power, and enables them to freely abuse the power as they control everything. If everything is owned by the state, then they can take everything away from the citizens of that country and they can't do anything to stop it.

5) Every single Communist state before has failed. If every single Communist country has failed in the past, then how could it possible be a good idea? When a Communist government comes into power, what I mentioned in my fourth reason will happen. The government will abuse the power as no one can stop them.

This is why I believe Communism is a horrible idea, and why it will never work. Change my view!

Edit 1: I didn't realize this post would blow up, I figured I would get maybe 1 or 2 comments, so bear with me as I try and answer all of them:)
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>the absence of social classes, money and the state

> Communism gives the government too much power.

Err... Communism gives too much power to the non-existent state?

Methinks you got your straw men mixed up there a little bit.

That said... you have to realize that Marx envisioned Communism as something which Capitalism would have to evolve into when productivity became so high that there was very low need for labor, and therefore capitalists would be able to drive wages down so far people couldn't live on them. And that socialism would be necessary as a bridge between Capitalism and Communism because people would die, and as a consequence revolt. 

I.e. a post-labor-scarcity world. 

With that understanding, can you see why it doesn't matter if people are not incentivized to work? Communism only works in a mostly post-scarcity world, one in which automation has replaced most workers and those left were fighting over the scraps Capitalists and the few remaining high-skill workers were willing to give them?

Sound familiar? And is it clear now why previous attempts were "not Communism"?