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Theoretically, yes, but in practice this has never, and will never, happen. Collectivization of property has a more contemporary name, we call it "public ownership" or "public property". The general idea is that whenever the government owns anything, each citizen also owns a portion of the thing in question. It's a fanciful notion to think this is actually true, and I welcome anyone to test this idea by attempting to appropriate, for your own personal use, your part of government property. It becomes clear that public property is not "publicly" owned at all, and that it is government with the true title of ownership, with the authority to direct it's property in any matter it pleases. It does not share powers of ownership, nor will it ever relinquish them. It never actually has to.
Communism is not such a unique design for society that it deserves its own name, anyway. It is indistinct from the philosophy of socialism, and, indeed, Marx conceived of socialism as a stepping stone to communism. In reality, there are only these two economic theories: socialism and capitalism. That is the great dichotomy that permeates every layer of economic discussion; private control of the means of production or public control. There is no such thing as a marriage between the two. They are diametrically opposed to each other, and only one (guess which) will afford you the freedom and prosperity that every healthy, free-willed human being strives for.