Not communism

The act of proclaiming that a society is communist, draping it in red and decorating it with Marx and Engels, does not mean that the society is in fact communist.

Communism is not a matter of political choice; it is the material result of a certain set of conditions. Without those conditions, communism will not come into existence and no amount of wishing can make it so. As it becomes increasingly evident that this is the case, the natural reaction of those in leadership, both the sincere and the cynical, is to resort to lies, repression and terror.