Communism cannot Work

Communism: a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs in order to obtain a classless society. The Class System Communism's main goal is to end the class system and so that every one is equal. Classes are a way of ordering society in which people are divided into sets based on social or economic status. I will argue that you cannot have a classless society. To eliminate economic status you have to eliminate wealth equality. The one way to do that is redistribution of wealth. However when you have one set of people redistribiting amd another set of people who's money is being redistributed, a class system is being put in place. The only other way to abolish economic inequality is to abolish capital altogether which it what Communism seeks to do. It even abolishes voluntary forms of currency and prohibits individuals trading resources amd skills (as that is what Capitalism is). To enforce that Capital is abolished and that each works according to his ability and recieves according to his need and to prohibit property being exchanged and owned privately (because in Communism all property is owned collectively) there needs to be a body of authority. This body of authority, no matter what you call it is a Government and a form of class because these people who are enforcing authority are a different set of people divided by Social status as they can enforce authority on certain individuals but these certain individuals cannot enforce authority back. Therefore it is contradicting itself and the whole point of Communism (abolishing the class system) is impossible. No Incentives People need incentives. It is a fact and a psychological one. I brush my teeth so that they don't get rotten. If not brushing your teeth had no comsequences I would have no incentive and I wouldn't do it. Unless of course I am a bit mad and brush my teeth for fun. If I did that I would still have an indentive- because it makes me happy possibly. I eat food primarily to survive but due to evolution our species has evolved to enjoy the taste of food (some foods probably not though!) so I also eat food because it tastes good- those are my incentives. If I had no incentive I wouldn't eat food. People need incentives. In Communism people have no incentive to work, even accordiing to their ability which is one of the points of Communism. If someone has great ability but not great needs, he will work more than most but recieve less than most. Do you think he is going to work if given the choice? Perhaps voluntarily to help other people but that is not Communism but private charity. What if unvoluntarily? Would the threat of authority give him incentive? But that very same authority is a form of class system and that is nit Communism which brings us back to our first argument. People aren't equal Communism is largely based on the fact that everyone is equal. This is simply not the case. Some people are cleverer than others. Some people are stronger than others. A theory only works if it is grounded in reality. Capitalism is. Capitalism rewards people who work harder and punishes those who do not and recognises that people are not equal. Communism does the opposite. No Innovation This goes back to the fact that there are no incentives. If there are no incentives there is no progress and several problems remain unfixed. Without progress and without problems being fixed the system will collapse. We only survive with unfixed problems because they are being fixed. But with no progress and several unfixed problems the problems affect more people and more people suffer. Because of this people naturally abandon the system and return to Capitalism. Capitalism rewards innovation and under Capitalism several problems have been fixed and people's lifes in general have been made better. The private sector is always better at providing services to people. For example food- one of the most important things to us. It is run by the private sector and as a result of Capitalism and Freedom everyone has access to food and any food that they like. Conclusion Lastly Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff, especially stuff that they earnt. Would you happily give all your property up to the state? I think not.