Communism works as a political ideology.

I, too, shall refute your arguments in order and then expand on these in my rebuttals. A. The idea of there being no currency means that people work to produce raw goods that are distributed evenly throughout society. A crude analogy of this idea could be a huge warehouse in which people construct items, then place all the items they've made on a large table for others to take as and when they need them. As the people taking items they need would also be placing items of their own down, the system would work evenly and effectively. Your last point simply is not true. There would not be a downfall of any industry. On the contrary; workers would continue to produce and manufacture your video games and you would take these in return for producing something of your own for society: this could be the art you are interested in (I will answer that point separately below). B. You would have no incentive to pursue a career in arts unless you were extremely talented. This is for the sole reason that everyone is rewarded equally and therefore people would complete jobs that they are good at in order to make more items for society to benefit from. If you are not good at these artistic career paths, nobody would be willing to see you perform and, as a result, you would not benefit society or, indeed, benefit from it. C. Of course Communism gives people an incentive to work. If people do not work for society, society will not work for them. People would be fed up of the idea that someone who is physically able to work is not and instead deciding to be lazy and a burden on society. These people would not reap the benefits of society working and would therefore be required (in order to survive) to work. As for your brain surgeon - janitor example I believe these people deserve an equal wage. The janitor probably works longer hours and works harder during them. Just because a janitor hasn't trained for eight years to get his job does not mean his is of any less value when compared with the brain surgeon's. The doctor would enjoy the work he/she does otherwise they would not do it. They must also be good at the job they are doing because they are still doing it. Although the idea of saving a life is inexplicably valuable so, too, is the idea of keeping a city clean by being a bin collector, building houses as a manual labourer or cleaning toilets as a maid. All of the aforementioned jobs contribute to and benefit society in some way and they should all be rewarded equally. If someone is good at their job and enjoys it that is usually reward enough, but in Communism they would be rewarded further as inequality is abolished and they live in a state that allows them equal opportunity. A belief, might I add, that a lot of Capitalist countries seem to have forgotten. D. There is a government that controls logistics of the country. The common (and misguided view) is that the idea of there being a government in communism is an oxymoron is false. A government is obviously needed to guide a country and, in terms of Communism, instigate collectivisation of goods and property and set the tenets of society. However, these people do not have more power - they are completing a job as anybody else within the state is and are therefore given the same wage and amount of goods as everybody else is entitled to. Offshoots of Communism have been used in countries in the past (USSR, PCC and the PRC to name a few), but these have failed due to greed, power or that the ideas have simply not been instigated in a good fashion. In true Communism, currency would not exist and therefore greed would be less common. People within society could be greedy about the goods they are offered, but why would they? If they did, people would no longer want to produce goods for them or receive their goods and they would, as a result, fail in society. In conclusion: History has shown us nothing about the success or lack of success in regards to true Communism. No country has ever been truly Communist, but there have been offshoots of it (such as Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism) and these have failed. I believe the idea of true Communism would be an ideal and feasible political structure, whilst I accept the difficulty of setting such a system up and I accept it has its faults, but fewer than Capitalism and other political ideologies. To clarify. - Trading is allowed but there should be no need to. If you need another car you would take another car from society in return for your input. Likewise, if your neighbour needs a TV, society would be able to provide him with one as long as he gives them something that benefits them in return. - Someone who is disabled would certainly not be punished for that by being excluded from society. The idea is for equal rights and opportunities for all and ostracizing a member of society for something that is not their fault would contradict this entirely. A family with a disabled person would be eligible to take more in order to feed and support their family. As I said earlier some will take more and some will take less, but in general an equilibrium is maintained through everyone (who is able to) working for a greater nation and society. - The idea of a mega country seems ideal, yet unrealistic. A Communist country would be able to effectively stand against Capitalist nations quite easily. Take America as an example: Though America, one of the world's most renowned Capitalist countries, states that every man is equal, some people make next to nothing while others are on six figure salaries. The argument that the rich have worked harder is illogical and untrue; it is in fact the opposite. The people who labour 14 hours a day in a sweatshop in India for as little as $1 a day are truly working hard. In Communism, the state actually heeds to this idea and ensures everyone is treated equally. Every job is equally important, whether you are a brain surgeon or a janitor and all people should feel valued within society. Communism would have an almost 0% unemployment rate and therefore that nation's production levels would be sky high when compared with Capitalist countries that have high unemployment, benefit systems for lazy members of society and unequal opportunities.