When even the title switches from communism to socialism…
All countries designated as “Communist” are run by Communist parties trying to build towards Communism through Socialism. Communism itself, a global, fully publicly owned economy, has not existed yet, but Socialism, economies where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, have.
It is common for people to say “Communism/Socialism” has never worked, and yet not know legitimately what the distinctions are between them.
All countries designated as “Communist” are NOT run my parties trying to build there via Socialism. Many are just straight up Dictatorships, and most of them are heavily invested in or even becoming more Capitalist.
Depends on what countries you are talking about, plus what you think Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism even are. I’m speaking from a Marxist perspective.
The ones with communist in the name of the country or the main political party of the country.
So China, North Korea, Cuba, etc.
Marxists consider those Socialist, as public ownership is the principle aspect of their economies. This wraps back around to asking what you think Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism are to begin with.
Public ownership implies the public has control or benefits from them. That is clearly not the case, therefore not socialism.
The public does have control, though. Simply stating that it is “clearly not the case” from (presumably) a Canadian perspective doesn’t do any actual analysis of the systems at play. How familiar are you with how these countries are run, and what their models are? How much investigation have you done on the matter to dismiss them without so much as a single source?
