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That is why I said "doesn't fit human nature". At least on a bigger scale, probably too much encoded "survival of the fittest" (group of humans if you will) , that seems to clash with real communism (when trying to explain it based on evolutionary terms). This can and does work on a smaller scale though (might've even be a thing evolutionary, hunter gatherers etc.).

Btw. Reality is already more nuanced, as there's no pure *ism, it's almost always a spectrum of various idiologies. Even USA, although it's probably closest to what most understand of "capitalism".

USA is a sad example of propaganda, probably because of late stage capitalism messing with the reward system (e.g. social networks), leading to among other things, polarity...