I'm confused by "calling people who are criticizing how a sovereign country spends its income communist - which is true by definition". So if I criticize how a

I'm confused by "calling people who are criticizing how a sovereign country spends its income communist - which is true by definition". So if I criticize how a monarchy or a "communist" country (like Dubai or China), or even a "capitalist" country like the US or EU spends their money then... I'm a communist? No. If you recommend that the workers own the means of production then you might be a communist, but it's silly to all criticism communist. You might as well call everyone who criticizes a Nazi (i.e. socialists==communists, am I right?).