Communism is the bad branch of socialism and doesn't work when you have a greedy ass gov't that doesn't care for their people (See Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea,and China). Socialism also branches into many types where communism is one. There is also social democracy (see Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, and Germany) this is where socialism puts the power in the hands of its citizens vs. communism where its pure gov't control. It works but when schools and media brainwash you into thinking communism is the only socialism in the world everyone gets scared. Just look at Socialist Democratic countries and how they are prospering and you can see that it could work when you have people willing to put in the effort of innovating and raising standards.
