COMMUNISM! A word that has scared many Americans since the early 1900s. What exactly is communism and what makes it so bad? Most people hear about everyone living by the same rules and how there is no rich or poor, everyone is equal, but do they stop to wonder how do they get the money needed to succeed as well? Well, in my article I will show how the communists plan to make everyone equal. Communism has been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. It was first made popular by *1 VI Lenin after reading the writings of Karl Marx. *2 This was first practiced in a Russian government after the Revolution of 1917. The idea sounds good: everyone mows and gets an equal share in everything, but here's an example of what this would look like: Suppose that you lived in a small town. which housed 100 people (around 18 families). Well, when your government became communist, you really cared because you lived in a close-knit community, so everyone shared with their neighbors anyway. So being a very hard worker you start cultivating your 50 acres of land but after plowing most of your land a government man comes and tells you that from now on you don't own any land but that the government will let you take care of 20.6 acres as long as you send them a portion of the produce each year after the harvest. Well, of course you're upset, but the government man tells you not to worry, that the same thing applies to your entire town and everyone has an equal share. He also tells you that the government will pay for any seeds you plant. This gives you some peace of mind since you no longer have to pay for seeds. So you work and work hard until the harvest. Only there was a drought this year, so it was hard on most of your neighbors, but you were lucky enough to have a stream next to the land you were tending, so you got a harvest exceptional. Then the man The government came back and told you that since this year had been bad, they would have to take all your crops, but that you could have enough for a week and when you ran out, come to the community store to buy more..