Q&A: "What Countries Are Still Communist Today?"
Q&A: "What Countries Are Still Communist Today?" Originally January 16, 2019 No country on Earth today can tout a true system of communism. The Soviet Union had a socialist system; its leaders claimed that before converting to pure communism, the country would have to endure a transitionary stage of government called socialism. Thus, when most people think of communism, they think of the old USSR and other governments modeled after it. Rather, real communism exists only in the writings of Marx and Engels. Nowadays, only a handful of sovereign states call themselves anything close to communism, be it the Soviet style or real kind. Usually, their governments actually look very different than what communism entails. This goes along with how red countries often call themselves things like a “democratic people’s republic.” Freedom has no place in these nations, ruled by tyrants... For example, North Korea--formally named the Democratic People's Republic of K...