Except that China is eating our lunch, though they allow a goodly amount of capitalism. Russian communism scarcely existed without the perversion of fascist autocracy. Has communism really been deployed anywhere for a sustained period of time?
Never in a country - always turned dictatorial. The closest would be communes and some abbies
Being leftist is nothing like real communism. Right wingers are just using the word as another dog whistle for their flock of mindless sheeple
It is bizarre that the socialism and communism are trotted out as epithets by the same assholes who embraced a Putin puppet, and now seek to destroy what little democracy is left. It is the most shameless agitprop.