The Communism that you’re on about was a revolutionary “fix” to a major political problem.
Could you have seen the Romanovs gradually devolving power?
The Russian Revolution was a historical first. Don’t forget that.
But as we know from reading Orwell and other dystopian novels, once you have the populace believing in the State without questioning it, then you control their minds and bodies.
If the State is run by unscrupulous officials who want to be “more equal than others” then they can literally get away with murder!
In historical hindsight perhaps it should only have been a short term fix, rather than an ideology, but Russia is a huge place.
It’s all about control, and it’s not unique to Communism. It’s the same for any totalitarian regime.
It is also what religion is all about. Believe what you are told without question. Do as you’re told not as your leaders do.
I personally have never heard any young people saying “we’ve never really tried Communism”.
More likely to hear them say “I’ve never really tried Soya milk”!
