But seriously, why didn't communism triumph in the 20th century when things were looking so good? If the russian revolution and chinese revolution can succeed, liberating 800 million people, 1/3rd of the world's population, defeat the nazis, why couldnt we finish the final stretch? What was the fatal flaw?
same question but from a different angle: why didn't the USA dissolve? i think imperialism allowed the USA to outlast the USSR. the USA has been rotting from the inside out for 50 years now. winning the cold war also basically was like cutting their own throat. south korea, japan, germany, and now china are all capitalist competitors that could break loose and bring down the USA, the dollar, the sanctions, the giant military. no more USA might mean a second wave of socialist revolutions