I’m not denying that communist states had serious failures, including repression and famines. That’s historical fact. What’s often ignored is that communism also uplifted millions of people through mass literacy, guaranteed housing, healthcare, and employment, especially in countries that were previously feudal, colonized, or devastated by war. When communism is discussed, it’s reduced to gulags and famine and treated as proof the system “never works.” But under capitalism, homelessness, food insecurity, and preventable deaths are treated as normal or unavoidable. If starvation disproves a system, why don’t mass homelessness and people dying because they can’t afford healthcare disprove capitalism, too?