Communism is a good word, a Christian word originally, but to expect to achieve a state of society in which all is held in common, where the state will "wither away" through state socialism, maintained through a dictatorship of the proletariat, this is impossible for a reasonable person to believe.
It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over again.
From Union Square to Rome, Chapter 12 - Wheat And Cockle By Dorothy Day , pp. 143-151.
Before her conversion, Day admited sympathizing and associating with communists. That relationship hurt her in the years to come despite later denouncing Communism and communist Russia in particular.
I did not believe in private property. I wanted to work for a state of society in which each should "work according to his ability and receive according to his need." That is Marx's definition of Communism. I did not believe that greedy and unjust men could be converted. I believed rather in the inevitability of revolution. ...I still believe that revolution is inevitable, leaving out Divine Providence. But with the help of God and by resorting to His sacraments and accepting the leadership of Christ, I believe we can overcome revolution by a Christian revolution of our own, without the use of force. [Same source as above.]
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