So, can someone tell me again why communism is so bad?

[Timmah!]

The idea of communism sounds great, sharing with your fellow man and working together are great values. Communism has worked well in small, tribal settings. The problem is, it's not sharing when you're forced, and that's what national communism is. To force someone to share is actually stealing, sharing has to be voluntary, period.

Government enforced communism has never really worked well anywhere, because the amount of controls imposed to enforce it end up stifling the population. When an individual knows that no matter how hard they work they can't earn more money, WHY WOULD THEY WORK HARDER? I work very hard because I know my boss sees that and he gives me raises for it; I had a co-worker who didn't work so hard and he got fired. In communism we all share alike, so why should I work harder than my neighbor?? Because of this, forced communism produces societies that don't innovate at the same rate as the more capitalist nations, because freedom is a great help to innovation, and the prospect of earning a large financial reward for innovating also provides great motivation to WORK HARD to innovate.

In regards to China- In reality, China is doing well now because of reforms that have moved their economy in a more capitalist direction (however, they still have a very controlling government and a lack of political freedom). China is having an economic turnaround not BECAUSE of communism, but IN SPITE of it. You can't really use China as an example of how well communism works when they are growing economically because they have begun to move away from communist economic principles after years of failure, that's a self damning argument. In fact, China is an example of how forced communism DOESN'T work. After years of their economy being in shambles, they made some capitalistic reforms and their economy begins to turn around. In fact, as of 2005, 70% of China's GDP was in the private sector. This would not be possible in a fully communist setting, as ther would be no private sector. How does this support your argument???