Communism, oh troll, is not in and of itself a political system. This is a common misconception that was planted in the heads of many people, particularly Americans, during the cold war. Propaganda's a bitch. We were taught that it was Democracy vs. Communism, when it's more accurately understood as: Democracy is to Dictatorship as Communism is to Capitalism. Still, communism applied to large groups has always failed miserably.