“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” This proverb may accurately describe the foundation, and the final product of a communist system. The communist system has its origins in ancient Greece. The ancient Greek idea of the Golden Age influenced many of the communist followers especially Karl Marx. This envisionment of a perfect world was emphasized by Karl Marx and led to the writing of the Communist Manifesto, in which he describes the graveness of class struggles. This idea of a perfect world was used in three particular regimes, each having their faults. The regime of Vladimir Ilich Lenin was the first attempt by a government to create a communist political and economic system. A leader in the October Revolution in 1917, Lenin’s attempt lead Russia into a brief period of prosperity and then, with the help of his predecessors, forced it into a period of drudgery. The next attempt to employ a communist government was Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. He attempted to follow Lenin’s lead into a communist Russia with dreadful results. Mao Zedong was the last leader to attempt to lead his country through communist reforms. China is still, to this da

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