Communism is an economic theory, it has nothing to do with Fascism, with which it is often conflated (although the most well known communist regimes WERE fascist ill admit).
Communism is simply this: Public rather than Private ownership of the means of production
Communists disagree on who the 'public' is. Leninists, Maoists and other state-centered communists think the 'government' is the public. Some think this means the unions should own the businesses, and some think they ought to be community co-ops.
In China, private individuals own corporations - Think Jack Ma and Alibaba. This is not Communism by any stretch of the imagination. It is Capitalism
Yes, state-centered communism always fails, because it devolves into Fascism. When you combine the power of the state with the power of business in one entity, you have a recipe for totalitarian control.
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