communism can and has worked

Allow me to paint a picture. Its 1917 Russia, The nation has changed, Since the revolution the autocratic Tsarist regime has ended after hundreds of years of reign, But the nation is still in a bad shape, 3 years of the first world war have destroyed the economy, Just 50 years ago half the rural population lived as serfs (slaves), And times have barely improved since the emancipation, The people all over the empire starve or work for minimal wages in factories. The Russian industrial revolution has begun and just like Industrial Britain the richest factory owners are the only ones to see benefits. The population is largely illiterate and life expectancy is low. Nobody cares for the common man, They are just a tool. But now things will change. Lenin is in power and for the little time he lead the fledgling USSR should be recognised as the true form of socialism. Under Lenin's direction trains and resources were sent into the country to teach language and teach people their rights under communism. The status quo of master and worker were broken down, Religion was circumvented in favour of science (also taught, So even the poorest of poor would have the opportunity to fulfil their potential). Workers unions came to be and with them 8 hour working days which earned a man enough to live a life better than any of his ancestors. Democracy actually thrived and criticism of the government was allowed and encouraged with the goal of improvement for all, Under the Tsar this would have gotten you exiled to Siberia or disappeared by the Okhrana. Lenin (while certainly a significant voice) was far from a dictator, And despite banning political parties other than the Bolsheviks (for reasons which I will justify later) Russians were free from the constraints placed upon them by the Tsar. However, Russia was economically in a awful state, The peace with Germany lost them most of Poland and the Ukraine and with it they lost most of their industry and more importantly agriculture, However under Lenin's direction the vanguard government was able to successfully work consistently for the good of the people. Why do we hear so little about these days one may ask? there are many reasons, Most notably the Russian civil war. The earlier banning of political parties outside of the Bolsheviks can be explained in this context, The nation was at war already, It's enemies had the support of every major empire on earth and it required unity. Lenin would only spend one year in power after this war and used it in a attempt to protect the nation from Stalin. Stalin opposed these freedoms which communism aims for and had interpreted a dictatorship of the prolate as a dictatorship over the prolate, Leon Trotsky a man who very much followed Lenin's ideals should have become leader, But as we all no history was not so kind. All of the freedoms gained under Lenin were lost under Stalin, The second reason that Lenin's reforms are forgotten, No matter how good they were they pale in comparison the cruelty and downright imperialist and anti-communist actions of Stalin. The final reason we don't know the name Lenin as well as we should in the west is that the name is ignored, He is a success of socialism and who benefits from removing the successes of socialism from history? Lenin is the father of true socialism, His ideas and policies granting freedom to the oppressed and the greatest equality of all; the equality of opportunity.