Communism vs Capitalism

In most parts of the world communism is seen as something that has brought nothing but the downfall of societies. If almost no society has had great benefit from following this socialist structure why is it still seen in some areas in the world and how did it take hold of countries like Russia in the past. If Capitalism is so much better why are there so many people that complain about it. Why is capitalism considered completely unbalanced and people want to get rid of it.

In Capitalism people go to school to get a job, they work harder (or get lucky) to make more money. The base idea is that every person is responsible for himself, you build yourself up in work to have more money for yourself. Obviously there are variations of capitalism and people would argue about things like health care and social security but that's another topic. The problem people have is that some people are born in to rich families and seem to have an easy time stay wealthy while other are not, they don't get the same education and can not make as much money. While in the US we try to prevent this it is not possible to get rid of this problem completely.

Communism was created to try to fix this problem, the reason it was so popular in some areas is because it sounds like a really good idea. It is mostly popular in societies where the rich are very separated from the poor, also known as the working class. The working class wanted the society to be equal and in Communism each person does the job they are best at and gains the same amount of money as everyone else. Everything is done for the best of the society no person is above another.

The problem with Communism is that people to not want to do things that have no benefit for them, people need some sort of motivation. In Communism one person may have to study for years and become a Doctor but he will make the exact same amount as a person cutting trees down. The other problem is that there is supposed to be no government, the society is supposed to run it self. If no person has control then there is no one to say if a person steps above another.

The benefits of Capitalism is that it creates motivation for people to build themselves up, to work harder. The downside is that for some people it may be hard for them to rise to the top and you will see a greater devide in the classes of wealth. In Communism the benefits are that every person is supposed to be equal and the society should run smoother. The problems are people are unlikely to follow this, every person would have no motivation to work hard. In this society economic growth would either not move or show very little growth and more of a steady decline as one problem leads to another with no set power to resolve it.