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There are only five nations whose governments and economies resemble to any degree the communism preached by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and their disciples.

They are China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam. Encyclopedia Britannica, with perhaps China and Vietnam in mind, notes that “their commitment to abolishing capitalism is debatable.”

That’s underscored clearly enough by the origin-of-product labels in stores in America and around the world.

With the fall of the Soviet Union and liberation of its satellites, communism became yesteryear’s war. Modern Russia is a menace, but it’s of a different sort that harkens to 19th century spheres of influence and imperialism.

Much like the tsars, Vladimir Putin is an authoritarian di