Chapter 21 Cold War. Communism in Russia and China

I always wondered why so many countries are communism.  I have learned that it works fairly well in most countries like Russia and China. The thought of living without private property works for almost 1/3 of the world. There is social equality and collective living.
This chapter includes other countries like Vietnam and Cambodia.  After WWII communist parties played a role in Greece, France and Italy.
All of the revolutions had a lot in common.  French, Russia and China had the same idea to get updated in the time.  They all wanted to modernize they country with better infrastructure to better the people.
Karl Marx has a few comments about communism, they it would be more successful in countries that are more establish , developed and social equality.  This did not quite hold true to Russia and China. Many parts of both countries when very under developed and not equally social.

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