> or does every country that calls itself Communist fail the test That's how I look at it, though I'm no expert. > what precisely would be different about a t

> or does every country that calls itself Communist fail the test That's how I look at it, though I'm no expert. > what precisely would be different about a true Communist country versus these pretend-Communist countries True collective ownership/Marxism. It's unclear whether it's even possible to create this kind of society without it regressing to brutal authoritarianism, but that's the idea at least.