But without ambition, how will anyone ever advance in anything and how/why would anyone have the drive to work hard, make improvements on anything, etc.? Communism and extreme socialism removes the desire of people to work hard, and therefore eventually drains the economy. After all, why would anyone want to work really hard to get an education and work hard in whatever career he/she chooses when that person will simply receive nothing more in the end than the person next door that never went to school and just does some menial job if that person works at all? This is a problem that has clearly been seen in communist countries and is becoming evident in countries like Venezuela that have socialist governments. On paper, it seems great for everyone, regardless of job/education/race/whatever to be completely equal to one another, but it just doesn't work.