Many countries that are called "communist" today are actually not. Communism stands for equality, free education, healthcare and generally all public servies. It aims for high and efficient productivity. Even tho there are different versions of communism, the base idea revolves around that. If the so called communism in the "communist" countries today does not meet those criterias, it is simply not communism.Nascent said:The original communist ideology supported widespread universal social welfare, improvements in public health and education, provision of child care, provision of state-directed social services, and provision of social benefits. It aimed to raise labor productivity and advance a society in its development. Leaders of earlier generation were strict in following this. They preferred equality amongst citizens. But not so anymore. Even communists have become capitalist. Influence of communism have greatly decreased among people and we have just a few countries or regions controlled by communist leaders. It remains to be seen if communism will survive until next century.