Here’s a little thought experiment I came up with: let’s say the population of a large city under a communist government was suddenly transported back to prehistoric times. None of their technology came with them, only the knowledge in their brains. Let’s assume they survive, would they be able to keep living under some sort of Marxist-leninist/communist ideology? In the complete absence of technology, do you think a large scale communist society can be maintained, or would it necessarily have to dissolve into something more akin to “tribal communism”? Would the tribes they revert into start warring with each other for resources like actual prehistoric tribes did? Do you think the people in this situation would be able to hold on to communist ideals from a mental perspective, or would people start wanting a capitalist or other system?
History is not shaped by ideas, but by people. However, people are also shaped by ideas. So they would probably organize themselves in a similar way to their society of reference.
Most of our pre-written history was not based on private property, so there’s also that. In the end, communism absolutely requires a certain level of technology to efficiently satisfy each person’s needs. After all, socialism is born from a capitalist society, which has its technological prowess, and communism is born from socialist societies, so there’s a lot of space for technological advancement.
There is not, however, a correct answer for a wrong question. We do not have “thought experiments” when it comes to history, we can only deal with history as it is. Thought experiments in social sciences is idealism.