The breakdown of a good idea

It's often said about communism that its a good idea in principle but a disaster in practice.Good because it aims for an egalitarian welfare society striving collectively towards a higher social order where one class of people dont end up oppressing another on the basis of any perceived superiority.More importantly,good also because its where everybody is equal in the eyes of an overarching beneficial authority whose purpose is to care for and look after its people.What could be more desirable,what could be better Can anyone believing in the role of humanity in the communal process seriously have problems with such a system But a disaster because with hindsight and history to help us,we find that in reality the same system buckled under its own goodness.It turned out that the rituals associated with the idea of communism was at odds with most basic instincts which human beings have the desire for self actualisation.Power invariably accumulated in the elite,dissent was suppressed,freedom,civil liberties,opinion and expressions of thought curbed.Communism,in practice,denied these and forced rules which were generally enforced by the threat of repercussions.Ultimately there was no acceptance or majority ruling.Ultimately there were no ideals.In many ways the same thing applies to believing in God.God is also a good idea in principle,not because of any inherent belief or faith but because without a first cause the meaning of everything in existence is lost.Without a Creator creation becomes merely a random physics event without any goal to work towards,without purpose or direction and without moral considerations or justification.On the other hand,it can be safely said that those who hold their God in an intimate heart can and do eagerly give themselves a good reason for being alive.Yet,like communism,the collective practice of Godness has had a bit of a disastrous history also and,ironically,for both parties concerned.For us it has spawned an institution ground not in reverence but in enforced rituals which dull any desire for individual growth since questioning is discouraged and dissent considered heretical,while power has become localised in the heads of a few at the top.For Him,He's been broken into small pieces and distributed indiscriminately till probably nothing remains now of the original ideal.