What is a drawback of communism?

Answer 1

* True Communism is very hard to achieve. ** It can only be born either through a very carefully and well constructed self-sufficient economy, or (a more beneficial option) if the entire world aims for the advancement to communism. ** Mustering up such a worldwide support is near impossible, especially with class-based society and the millions of greed-ridden people in the world.

* It can be heavily prone to corruption if it not managed properly. ** Marxism-Leninism (A form of communism) requires the establishment of a vanguard party (Which can be likened to that of a temporary Dictatorship) to quicken the establishment of what is deemed a "dictatorship of the proletariat" (masses). This worked well when Vladimir Lenin was in power during the initial stages of Soviet Russia. However, as shown with North Korea or Stalinist Russia, this can very easily go badly. ** In this case, the nation is no longer Communist, but Authoritarian Socialist, which can then further descend a pure Dictatorship. (e.g. present North Korea)

* Finally it can lead to economical stagnation if not managed improperly and/or is trumped by offshore nations. ** This issue would be non-existent with a worldwide communist effort. However with other capitalist superpowers existing within the world during the formation of this said communist nation, this can cause many issues. In worst case scenarios (Like what was seen during the Cold War) one/some of these capitalist nations will undertake procedures to stop the spread of communism in order to keep their own nations rich. ** Hence why Soviet Russia has failed, and there exists a worldwide prejudice against the ideology (Which is largely due to propaganda).

Answer 2

There are two main flaws:

Communism seeks to correct the problem in capitalism where CEO's earn way more money than the actual workers. Its solution is to divide everything up evenly. The problem is that when hard workers and lazy workers get the same pay, it encourages everyone to be lazy. China has stopped doing this, which essentially means it's no longer a communist country, although it still calls itself one.

The other isn't so much a flew of communism itself as it is a flaw of the way it has always been implemented. Karl Marx advocated creating a society where there's no government or social classes, but everyone works together for the common good. Bringing this to life in the real world proved problematic. Vladimir Lenin's solution was to put the Communist Party in charge, something which every other self-described communist country would copy. In theory, the Party is there to provide leadership and usher in the new communist age. In practice, the country is an absolute dictatorship. And if, say, the leaders of the Party decide to be evil, they can do whatever they want and claim it's for the good of communism. It's not like the people can go vote for someone else.

Answer 3

In neoclassical economic models, communism requires deadweight inefficiency losses incurred by reallocation of social resources and break-down of the price mechanism. There might be higher uncertainty in future economic outcomes due to shared ownership of property. The lack of profit as an incentive to behaviour may make the entire economic paradigm incentive incompatible.

Answer 4

Doesn't generate sufficient wealth to sustain its political, social and economic ideals as well as provide the needs of its people. Communism can only work if the people participating have no wants, desires, or ambitions, and no sense of the word envy or jealousy. Doesn't allow personal freedom. (: xo.