What Is Communism As You Understand It?

Hello again! Politics again! Communism----I remember studying about the Bolchevic Revolution----I know, I probably spelled it wrong.....That was a little interesting in school......All about Peter the Great and his family, and they're "Spiritual" advisor guy, that creepy, priest guy.........Rumpelstilskin.....I just went brain dead, can't think of his name! I know it, it's on the tip of my brain!......I know they
are an atheistic party.......Not nice!

   Believe it is a community who shares everything.

Like back in the sixties in America when people were forming groups and living together, sharing responsibilities and  views on life as a whole.

If you lived in the commune, you abided by the rules of the community whether you agreed with them or not.

Communism as I understand it is theoretically a form of government where everyone is equal no more no less EVERYONE. This is accomplished through the establishment of communes where everyone is assigned a certain job and all chip in equally and thus reap the fruits of their labor equally. Theoretically this would be close to utopian. But ,it seems do to human nature and greed  someone always has to spoil it by becoming more influential than their supposed peers and becoming a dictator. Now the fruits of the laboring peers are controlled by a man or group of men in power and it is no longer communistic it is more socialistic because the equality issue is evaporated the minute someone takes control of everything.

Sorry -took so long.  I don't know if I'm qualified to answer this question since History was my worst subject.  It conjures up memories of "The Twelve Chairs" and a void when it comes to freedom of religion.  Words like "Wallace" kick in for some reason as does the cold war, both which seem to have all but vanished. I do not remember text books on the concept of Communism in any detail whatsoever, only that it fails, it's wrong, and it's un-American.  I think most people would think of Communism as an society that lives on a level plateau way of thinking, no keeping up with the Jone's or worse yet competing with them.  I've often been 'for' a society that purchases consumables at the same price everywhere thereby giving some chance to the new Mom and Pop business to survive.  I would rather a system where businesses make their profits on better quality, better service, or even a better environment for other citizens to work in.  I tire of checking the ads for who is undercutting who and returning things to recover $50 because of an ad campaign by a competitor.  It wastes my gasoline and time.  I'd rather go Joe's who's place is cleaner and the people more knowledgable.  This would compel others to 'raise the bar' in terms of quality rather than sell items at a discount because of their ability to buy in bulk.  [Something not available to the start-up business.]  On my latter point I've been shot down repeatedly so I don't expect much agreement on it. I guess the chance for one person to make millions with just an idea overides my chain of thinking.  The incentive would also be lost to push the envelope on advancements in technology I'd suppose...or would it?