Communism Vs. Capitalism

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I think that it is unfair to say that since we do not have pure capitalism in the West, it is evidence that capitalism and communism both do not work.  What we have today is much closer to capitalism than communism.  We can point to the west and say "this is capitalism and this is how it would function".  Communism could never work, because no organization could ever exist that could perform the tasks necessary to manage an economy, and politics, and social structure etc.  If you read any communist writing, even the writings of Karl Marx, for the most part they are simply critiques of the capitalist system.  No comprehensive alternative has ever been offered.  This is becuase no organization could ever handle the tasks assigned to them.  People like to say that communist countries failed because of evil dictators.  This is becuase only a megalomaniac would find themself sufficient to handle the task.