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This is a matter of opinion, however the goals of Communism are good.

Communism as has been practiced has been brutal to civil rights, and self-described Communist dictators have been responsible for millions of deaths. However, many would say that this was not Socialism as described by Robert Owen or Communism as decribed by Karl Marx, which relied on the abolition of class and Democratic control of the government and workplace whereas the four most famous dictators who claimed to be Communist (Stalin, Mao, Castro, and Pol Pot) all practiced Stalinism, where Democracy was only allowed within the confines of party rule, the workplace was controlled by the government, and a bureaucracy ruled as a new upper class with a single incredibly powerful leader.

Some critics of Communism grant that those leaders did not practice Communism, but argue that the Communist economies, while a nice idea in theory, are destined to fail because they lack a "profit motive". There has been much debate as to whether the profit motive is or is not a stumbling block to Communism, and the degree to which it is socially constructed or inherent to the human condition. Albert Einstein believed it could be regulated just like any other urge which was harmful to society, such as murder or rape, George Orwell believed that it would drive the leaders of a Communist society to abuse power for their own gain, creating a new class system as harsh as the old one.

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