This thread is a bit long in the tooth but I nearly choked on my coffee reading the posts of so many people who actually think communism is a good thing. Elements of socialism are all well and good - e.g. the NHS and state education - but abolishing the ability to own private property is ludicrous. The free markets were a marvellous invention. If a man is clever and innovative enough to create a product or service to enhance the quality of the lives of others, he is richly rewarded. At the same time as improving life quality, new goods and services create jobs and wealth.
In the words of Mark on Peep Show, "It's only the miracle of consumer capitalism that means you're not lying in your own ****, dying at 43 with rotten teeth."
Communism would make people much poorer and stall human innovation and progress. It's only benefit is making everyone as equally poor as everyone else.