Nice job dodging the question I asked in the previous comment entirely , First off , we have to consider looking at the successfailure of state socialism in the 20 th century as part of a bigger picture . For its entire existence , literally every political power in the world has a vested interest in ensuring that communism is not successful so that they can continue exploiting the populace . Do you not think imperialist powers had an effect on socialist states ? I mean , we know objectively that the US supported countless coups to overthrow legitimate socialist governments . Having the biggest military and economic powers in the world breathing down your neck might complicate things a bit . Now secondly , as i said before , we don ' t worship the past . Mistakes are made , I and many others believe that state socialism is inherently flawed and that the state cannot be used to effectively transfer power to the people . The Soviet Union failed due in no small part to ideological shortcoming , but that doesn ' t make the criticisms of capitalism any less true or the ideals to strive for any less valuable . Communism is a goal , Marxism , Anarchism , and all the other tendencies under the sun are efforts to get there and they all recognize , observe , and try to learn from the mistakes of the past . Finally , we do recognize numerous examples of successful , or at least positive attempts at communism , such as the Ukrainian Free Territory , Shinmin commutes , Anarchist Catalonia , and , to an extent , the Zapatista territories and Rojava . To convince me that communism is inherently flawed , you would have to logically prove to me that the trend of economic history has not led towards liberation , that the abolition of property is not in the individuals best interest , that the issues of capitalism can be solved within the system , and prove that property and the stage are not deduct , fictional idealogical constructs .