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How about single party socialism? Has that ever turned back into stateless communism, comrade? Or did it turn into "socialism with Chinese characteristics", Putin's Russia, Pol Pot, and the DPRK that Trump wants to turn the US into?
The Khmer Rouge was never socialist, they were some weird feudal ideology, hence why the CIA supported them and the US recognized them as the legitimate government of Cambodia for like 30 years after Vietnam liberated them and put an actual socialist government in power.
Russia hasn't been socialist since 1992; Putin's Russia is what happens when you overthrow a democratic state run by the workers for the workers with a vibrant, multiparty capitalist "democracy".
“Socialism with Chinese characteristics” is more democratic than the US; the average Chinese person feels they have far greater influence on the government than the average American. They tend to be confused why Americans hate and fear the police and why we aren't able to vote for politicians who will fix the problem.
There's also Cuba, who had a referendum on a new constitution a few years ago. After years of debate at the community level, they came up with a final draft that 92% of Cubans voted yes on. Could you imagine if we had that level of influence over our own government?
See the thing you're missing is that the communist parties of these countries themselves democratic; they're typically structured such that every member above the rank-and-file is elected, with instant recall and "give us a better candidate" options.
Yeah it's really amazing the number that Western propaganda has done on folks perception of China
They assume democracy requires more than one party. When it should be people you vote for, rather than raw tribalism.
They weren't socialist bc they took a step past socialism and into communism directly. They abolished money, replaced army with armed militia, achieved direct democracy, abolished institution of family, replaced farmers with agrarian proletariat, achieved 100% public housing. USSR is a capitalist shithole compared to Democratic Kampuchea.
Communism isn't when everyone lives like a farmer from 200 BC.
They fit almost all of the criteria of communism. If Democratic Kampuchea haven't achieved communism, it was very-very close to it. Much closer than any other country. If you disagree, please provide something substantial. What are the necessary criteria for communism that Democratic Kampuchea didn't fit?
I'm not a communist bro.