Just thinking out loud here. Regularly we hear about “communism!1!” and how bad it is. But really, isn’t communism way too broad a term? In the same way the west is capitalist, but different countries still treat / implement / regulate capitalism differently. I feel this isn’t really discussed whenever communism comes up. Stalinism in the USSR for example is brought up as “communism bad” even though its a specific flavour and implementation of communism. The same as americas capitalist society - poverty and crime is rife. But you can regulate a capitalist economy to reduce and prevent poverty.