Thatoneflawedhero
Robin Hood Basically
That's the same old lame excuse communists use all the time. "Bwaah, Stalin just ruined it." No, he used it the way it was meant to, the whole paranoia and purges notwithstanding. The only way to have a functioning communist "utopian" society is through coercion of a single party and the suspension of individual natural rights at the behest of the collective. North Korea is a prime example. Good ideology? You sound like a tool.
Why did thousands of East Germans risk their lives (many of them did lose their lives) to get past the Berlin Wall throughout the cold war? Was it too cold for them? No! Because they had no freedom under a communist state.
Also Communism is about equality? Hah! You're either incredibly ignorant or indoctrinated, most likely the latter. Yeah, you'd be equally poor, destitute and depraved of your natural rights and ownership of anything. There is no individual gain, only the will of the collective. The only people who had anything were the people in power and enforcing communism. This is why communism in any form does not work. Even that elusive "pure" form of communism or however Marx envisioned won't be tried and will not work. You know why the world has not tried a pure form of communism yet nor will it ever? Because history proves that no matter who is in power the result is the same. When the ends justify the means you still end up with a dictatorship.
You can't blame Stalin, the ideology is as flawed as any other institution that tries to change the human condition.
In any form of communism there is no promise of a better future or prosperity because your future is at the bidding of the collective. If there is no personal payoff then there is no reason or incentive for anyone to work hard and to get things done quickly and efficiently? Why do you think communist countries like North Korea, Cuba, China and the Soviet Union before its collapse resorted to labor camps? Even then if you're not a good comrade and kowtow completely to the every whim of the state and the collective or make your local community organizers..er...uh commissars happy then you'll disappear as a political enemy. Fuck the collective.
We already have equality and we don't need communism. Don't tread on me!
As someone on the left I agree with you on communism slightly but....eh, East Germany became better in 1953 I believe.