Communism as envisioned, cannot exist.
For communist to “work”, without becoming tyranny, every person in government must be utterly altruistic. Every single one. No exceptions.
That is literally impossible.
Even if it were, the fact even then that a huge portion of any given population would find such a system even if it did “work”, to be tyrannical simply by lording over every single person means it STILL wouldn’t “work” even if it did.
Communism relies on force.
Therefore every single communist system will (rapidly) devolve into murder and tyranny.
Always.
Some monastic communities/orders historically subscribed to a general philosophy of communal property and a "from each according to his abilities" mindset.
While they managed some degree of success, there were some fundamental differences between these insular communities and modern communism.
First, these communities were/are God centered, not state centered, so while the humans participating in them may not have been perfect, the altruistic ideals motivating them were.
Second, the members joined of their own free will, with the goal and intent of divesting themselves of private property and in most cases, pledging a vow of poverty.
Finally, in most cases, even when the goal was most closely realized the mendicants frequently relied on external contributions or exchanges of goods and services with the outside world.
In other words, some limited communist principles can be succesfully implemented where the express purpose of the members is to join voluntarily and to remain poor...and even then some modicum of free markets come into play.