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The reason why communism is unstable and never works out long-term is because it relies on kindness and giving back to the community and the problem is that money-hungry sociopaths can easily exploit that.
It's just an utopia. Sadly.
That's because our culture and society says it's fine to be a money-hungry sociopath. Many pre-agricultural societies were vaguely communist and shared resources. Back then if you hoarded resources you'd be socially ostracized, lose social standing and all the benefits of being in a tribe. Nowadays we put them on the front of a magazine and exalt them for screwing over their fellow man.
That's a fair point. Didn't think about it that way.
It seems to work quite well in Star Trek. It is the closest thing to a real world application of Communism. The closest thing to real Communism was the Paris Commune. Lenin created the idea of The Dictatorship of the Proletariat as a means to rapidly develop and educate a country in turmoil with the intention of building towards a socialist society. The latter was not successful. A Communist revolution has never occurred in a developed country. Communism requires material abundance and technologic advancement. Ya know, like Star Trek.