I've been watching coverage of China's handling of "covid" and am horrified. China is not a first world country. It's like a 19th century dictatorship with a good paint job and massive PR. Several "American" businesses heavily polish China's image, e.g. the NBA and Hollywood. China shows communism is cancer. Compare the outcome there to Japan or South Korea. Look at images of Chinese beaches or streets in China versus Japan, or if you are a true glutton for punishment look at Chinese public restrooms.
Communism ostensibly started in Germany with Marx and Engels, but it is a much older and more pervasive set of ideas. In the West, it's bound up with puritanical Christianity especially in the 19th century. A bunch of protestant sects of Christianity heavily promoted variations on the theme of Socialism. The Quakers and the Shakers built utopian communities and institutions.
The idea is essentially that a perfect society can be built through heavy handed management and discipline. It puts a nice spin on authoritarianism and embezzlement to claim it's all about higher, utopian goals.
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