Yes!!! It's become a buzzword with negative connotations. Many lazy-thinkers in the US don't realize the struggle behind it, even if it didn't produce results that were best for society. Or...that it was caused by horrible leaders. I mean, capitalist countries can fail, too. There could be an alternate universe in which communist countries happened to be very well run and maintained, while the leadership of democratic countries faltered. Just a thought.

My point is, communism isn't perfect, but nothing is. Nor should people de demonized for embracing some of the communist ideas. It's well known that business socialize their losses and expenses...