Communism is its purist form (impossible) isnt a bad thing. The former soviet states were never communist, they were socialist. Marx was a dreamer and an idiot and his manifesto is garbage and extremely poorly written as well as boring (required reading in college). I think marx, lenin and engles must have all been getting the good grass while in Paris. Cuba is a dictatorship with communist propaganda. They are going to be severly exploited when castro dies and very well might be sent into a bloody civil war if someone doesnt step in to mediate the succession.
My personal favorite when it comes to unrealistic theories for forms of government is the theory put forth in Plato's Republic. Your ruling class has nothing. Only the essentials. They live together in a seperate community where their only luxury is to rule. Take monetary gain out of politics and you will have rulers whose main motivation is to do the right thing. I know it will never work, but true communism will never work on anything larger than a small community either and look at the run they had.
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