/gulag/ - gulag

I don't subscribe to a particular religion, or rather, I don't hold any as absolutely true; however, my answer is this: Communism failed because God is not at the center. You can scoff, but the truth is that all full-blown religions are ideological, they are the metaphysical foundations of political structures. Gods arise and become the minds of civilizations, gathering energy and intellect from its members to make decisions for them. If you created a system like Communism which was justified by God it would probably endure for a very long time.