Yeah and human rights and happiness, etc, etc.

Source: product of 2 former commie countries. The after effects probably take 50+ years to undo

No communist country exists, and most likely one will never exist. Calling countries "communist" is supposed to be a capitalist joke on communism being a unreacheable utopia.

Suppose thats true. Then what explains the behavior of "communist" (but not True Communist) countries? They're polluting just like capitalist countries. Are they just undercover capitalists?

What explains the "communist" countries behaviour is "Animal Farm". The "communist" countries are just a variant of Monarchies. They have replaced some of the birth-rite of monarchies but it is still the same with all the behind the scenes power plays and purges.

> Suppose thats true.

A communist society would entail the absence of private property, social classes, money and the state. No stable, large scale "society without state" exists in the modern world.

Well then a planned command-style economy instead of a free market using Marxism as it's motivating principle. I'm guessing most of the western critics of capitalism aren't tankies, so they probably have in mind some sort of democratic ownership of production where people choose degrowth over profit. To the extent that's doable at the scale of nations is unproven. Potential problem is someone like Stalin or Mao will always subvert the movement for their own personal power.