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You do realise none of the examples you brought up are actual communism. Theyre all bad attempts that were taken advantage of.
Thats like saying religion in general is bad because christianity ruined it
The PRC and the USSR are and were real examples of Actually Existing Socialism. They absolutely ran into problems, and no Communist can simply look away and say they didn't Communism hard enough. That goes directly against the Dialectical Materialist theory of knowledge.
The PRC and USSR also brought democratization, doubled life expectancies, 99%+ literacy rates, ended famine, and drastically reduced wealth inequality. As much as we must learn from their failures, we must learn from their myriad successes.
I highly encourage you to read Blackshirts and Reds.
Religion is bad in general and Christianity is an example of why it is.
Buddhism is pretty alright though, isn't it?
Ask the Rohingya
Hmmmm. And Shintoism?
Edit: I'm being cheeky. Looks like religion turns itself into tribalism when a certain population point is reached.
It’s neither good or bad.