Communism is just redistribution of wealth and power from one sector of society (the rich, upper and middle classes) to a single group (top members of the party

Communism is just redistribution of wealth and power from one sector of society (the rich, upper and middle classes) to a single group (top members of the party). The difference is under communism there's absolutely no chance for anyone to ever escape poverty, because together with violence and terror, hunger is a fundamental tool for the regime to control the population (it's very difficult to revolt when you are surviving on a 1000 calories/day diet of mostly carbs).