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And neither are communist states except in name only, but because you've been told and conditioned to believe this is what communism looks like, you will continue to parrot that misconception.

We'll make it simple for you:

Do you believe in democracy? Yes or No

Irrelevant (I don't believe 51% should be able to dictate what the other 49% does, but I do believe that a government should be representative of the people it governs as opposed to a opposed to a select faction of elites and should serve it's people instead of said elites). I reject communism. You'll notice that all these nations claim they have it, yet in practice they don't in the slightest. You don't seem to understand that you're presenting a 'no true Scotsman' type fallacy. I.E. presenting your idea from counter-examples by excluding them. Russia, China, North Korea, Vietnam, etc. All nations that claimed to be communist and, for all practical intents and purposes, are. Yet you are excluding them because 'they're not true communisms' while ignoring that either, A) this IS true communism or B) any attempt to form a 'true communism' will inevitably be destroyed and turned into a despotic regime. So pick your poison. It either fails because it's core idea is inherently flawed and promises a system it can't deliver... Or it fails because it creates a system that is so easily exploited by despots and elites that it can never exist for long, if at all.

I find it funny that you're accusing me of brainwashing when your entire argument is an uninventive and generic 'real communism has never been tried' while I'm presenting real-world examples, showing why it can't work via written examples, and so-forth. All while you repeat lines that, no doubt, were likely taught to you by your college professor and you're repeating without a thought or question.