Opinions about Communism?

And your point is?
The Soviet union is not the only application of communism that failed horribly. By blaming the failed application of your ideology, are you thereby making it more legitimate? I don't understand.

It's not my ideology.

I'm just pointing at that you can look at the soviet union from a Marxist perspective and see how awful it is. Also social democracy has it's routes in Marxism as does left communism.

I didn't claim it was your ideology, sorry. It's just the person I used to address the question.

I didn't look at the soviet union alone, I looked at a broader range of applications of Communism (China too).

I am aware, to a limited extent though, of Marxist critique of Communism. I happen to criticise both in various instances. Given that socialism has a bountiful of sub-disciplines, some contradicting others, I have not made my mind up on it (am extensively studying it now for my degree anyway), though I have yet to declare myself a follower of any ideology alone.