Collectivist schemes work at a community level when it is a patriarchal religious cult, but otherwise not so much. To say that the USSR never reached communism is ridiculous. THEY said that they were communist, as did the Cubans, Norks, Khmer Rouge, the Derg, Laos, the Stasi, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and anyone who has ever flown the red flag.

History is not theory. Who cares whether the people in the politboro actually followed the frickin' theory, when they killed millions over this shit. It doesn't work, bro.