Why is communism not a good form of government?

Answer 1

First answer: "because its a totalitarian government which means they control all aspects of life"

New answer: I'm sorry I can't make this a simple answer since this is not a simple question...

As I recall, communism is more of an established set of ideals. Actual "communist" governments are just basically authoritarian governments with some foundations derived from communism. What communism tries to describe is a classless and stateless society that's free from any sort of oppression. Everyone in the society has equal authority to decide upon political and economic policies thus forming a pure democracy. This is more or less a utopian society thus purely ideal and far from how it would work in the real world.

Now to address the question and becoming more subjective to the circumstances. Trying to shoot for a pure communist society sounds like a cause with plenty of merit and good intentions. But the means and possible consequences might indicate otherwise.

1. Since mentioning that an ideal communist society would be stateless, creating a communist "government" would be directly contradictory. Establishing a government would a appoint centralized leadership which would not longer make a society stateless.

2. While giving everyone equal authority and privileges sounds nice on paper and in speeches, doing so definitely would not result with everyone receiving equal benefits. It won't work because individuals are just too different from one another whether it's gender, personality, skill sets, occupation, anatomy, etc. It's in our Biology to be different and diverse. The only thing we all really have common ground for is human nature which in itself certainly does not advocate equality over personal survival.

It won't work because basically communism asks for EVERYONE to think as one swarm intelligent entity. We are just not built that way. Ants and termites and bees and such are much better off attempting communism than we are by a landslide.

Moral: applying ideal philosophies (communism) to realistic circumstances (world) would not necessitate idealistic results (utopia).

If this doesn't directly satisfy your question, then you're probably talking about what we see of communism in the real world. Well then, those governments that claim to be communist are essentially giant one-party bureaucracies that have the final say on all matters within their ruling nations. Living in such countries sounds fine mainly if you're always on your government's side or if you aren't, make sure you never attract too much attention for your government to notice you directly.

Historically we always observe that those who strongly advocate communism, socialism, and the like are somehow linked to the oppressed and poor while those who advocate the opposite are usually within higher social-economic classes of respective societies. Unfortunately having those groups witnessing each other as who they represent tends to only infuriate and drive their own agendas even further, hence the revolutions and wars and such.

OBVIOUSLY, there's a lot more going on here than what I just posted in a text box. I'll make my stop here and in case you're still inclined to dig deeper (I consider that a good thing), then I strongly suggest that you start your own research and investigate as many sides of the same stories as possible for a more complete comprehension of important events and concepts.

(I apologize for any grammar mishaps if any are found :P)