Why did communism fail in the Soviet Union?

When I was a boy and not invested in critical thinking I got my news from the media or the adults appointed with raising me. In that time I saw the collapse of the Soviet Union. Through media I was taught that communism or socialism, where no one owned...

like monarchy theocracy democracy or ways your economy works like communism or even capitalism and how cause people say eventually like the soviet union America will waste too much money on war and capitalism will fail

I want to get people's opinions, but I pick the soviet union and communism, the soviet union had a great government and past, and I salute communism for it's ideals, beliefs, and ways, democracy pampers people too much, and, look at US, obesity. Communism...

If communism really doesn't work, then how come you don't have to pay kids to do their homework and get good grades? Answer: There are incentives beyond money. As long as there is food and water and shelter, which communism provides to everybody freely...

In primary school I learned that communism failed. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the cold war. It was insinuated that capitolism won over communism but did communism or socialism really fail? Socialism being what is referenced here: http:/...

Please don't say communism is evil or something along those lines without any factual evidence. Why is a nation that was on the forefront of science and technology, was a primary factor in the destruction of radical fascism, and was militarily superior...