Communism is a far-off ideal, and we don't yet fully know how it would work, or how we'd get there, but people starving or dying would be a sign that it wasn't working.

You might be thinking of USSR, which sought to create a communist state, but was subject to internal corruption and outside threats (not to mention, Wilson sought a pact with the European states -- some of which were still monarchist -- to sanction trade with USSR, so it was at a considerable disadvantage from the get go.

But while USSR was going through its growing pains, the rest of us were going through the great depression, and those of us living in cardboard boxes and stacks of paint cans were wondering if Lenin had a point, the industrialists boozing and gambling with Hoover were admiring the Austrian fellow. Eventually those industrialists decided they need to create a propaganda package and teach it in our schools.

Huh. I can't post images anymore. I wonder if it's a browser problem or a Lemmy problem.