[Still Thinking]

This is a good, pithy saying, which, in practice, has succeeded in bringing, upon those under its sway, misery, poverty, rape, torture, slavery, and death.

Well, you don't know, maybe that's what those particular people "needed" and Communism was just delivering as ordered! [/s]

[FiddlePig]

“Karl Marx summed up Communism as ‘from each according to his ability... (translation: you DON’T OWN what you produce!), to each according to his needs.’” (Who the HELL gets to decide what YOU NEED?...hint: NOT YOU!)