The Death of Stalin is great. The fact that some people once wished the word "communist" to mean something else doesn't matter much. Post-1945 it has had a cle

The Death of Stalin is great. The fact that some people once wished the word "communist" to mean something else doesn't matter much. Post-1945 it has had a clear meaning: the empire of Stalin, and its vassals, imitators, and admirers. "as envisioned" just means some people once told a fairy tale about how nice things would be. The Heaven's Gate cult also "envisioned" riding to paradise on Comet Hale-Bopp.