Can Communism work?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Initially I wanted to answer with something like "Have people forgotten the last century already?" but then I realized that it's a moot point anyway, since the odds of achieving Communist utopia are rather low (other things that are less than likely to happen:  Jesus will return in our lifetime, Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States, BushOklahoma will make a fundamental change in his attitude and behavior, etc.).