Communism in Eastern Europe was a tragedy. It did do well in Eastern Europe for quite a while, however, it was doomed to failure. Communism was condemned due to lack of support from other nations, condemned due to the lack of an efficient solution to the economical failure, and condemned due to the reformation of Gorbachev. Communism in Eastern Europe was a theory that did not work in reality.
             Originally, Karl Marx invented the theory of communism. According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, communism is applied to the movement that aims to overthrow the capitalist order by revolutionary means and to establish a classless society in which all goods will be socially owned. Marx's idea of communism was to create a state that was ruled by workers. Marx thought that under the Tsar, the government would eventually spoil the workers, and revolution would take place soon or later. This would lead to the birth of communism. Ideally, the society provided equal sharing of work, according to ability, and all benefits, according to need. Coercive government would be unnecessary and therefore the society was ruled without a ruler. Private property was abolished. However, Lenin and Stalin modified the theory of Communism, which altered the actual meaning of the theory. This modification led to the collapse of Communism. The reformation of Gorbachev was an excellent example to prove this.
             Under the rule of Lenin, claimed that there could be only one party, which was the Communist Party, ran the government. Opposition parties were abolished. This was different from Marx's original intention to have a state rule without a ruler. Dictatorship might be established. The Communist Party had total power. People were not allowed to criticize the government publicly, and freedom of speech was being stripped. Censorship and propaganda flourished in society. There was no allowance for private ownership; instead, the government imposed the system of collectivi...