What Is It About Communism?

What is it about communism that seems to make entire governments lose their collective minds? The same might be said for socialism and Marxism. I don't know. I've watched these types of governments fail for years and now I'm watching my own government fail as in Epic Fail. The American Dream is defined differently by many people simply because everyone's dream is different. The American Dream is simply the ability of Americans to actually have the opportunity to live their dreams whatever they are as long as they are within reason and legal. Of course, reason has left the building on Elvis' heels it seems.
But now we have people trying to stand behind podiums and tell us that the American Dream is socialism or Marxism or communism or anything other than capitalism. Capitalism is the very basis of the American Dream. Without Capitalism there is no dream there is only the HIVE MIND!! I, personally, do not want to be a worker bee or ant or a non-existent non-sentient being in a group of non-existent non-sentient beings, moving along with blinders, earmuffs in place and muzzles firmly fixed over our mouths. I want to be free to pass or fail, rise or fall on my own. I don't want my accolades taken away because "It's not fair to the rest of the herd!" Nor do I want accolades that were earned by someone else. Such attitudes completely disassemble any notion of ambition or competition or excellence of person because it basically boils down to one question: "What is the point?" Why excel if you must share the prize with 7 billion other mindless non-participants simply because they are?
I love the old song that says "Some they will and some they won't and some you just can't tell, some they do and some they don't, with some it's just as well...."
But here is what set off this rant:
http://tinyurl.com/23wvjuh