In around 1991, many people thought it was the end of Communism. It was supposed to be ultimate and final victory of free market over state-run economy, the final victory of freedom over government's oppression.
People thought "We did it! Communism will never come back!"
Only few decades later, Communist parties labeled under different names have taken hold of almost every country in the world.
Capitalist democracy has one weakness which Communists realized they can exploit.
Promising people "free" stuff, promising bunch of free stuff in elections is a strategy which simply works because:
1. Masses dont know that "free" stuff isnt free
2. Masses dont know that this is essentially a path to Communism, since every next election more free stuff must be given in order to win elections.
Thus, instead of Communism being defeated in 1991, Communism actually just changed its form into much superior one and spread into all countries.
Communism failed in Soviet Union only to win everywhere else.
The government controlling private lives of citizens and controlling their buisnesses is now present in almost every country in the world.
Countries now have government healthcare, government determining wages, government determining prices, government determining regulations, government determining which buisnesses will succeed by taxing their competition much more, or regulating competition much more.
Communism isnt defeated. Communism is now in USA, Europe, Canada, Japan...ect. The countries which are supposed to be leaders of the world are all run by obvious Communist economy, just slightly less extreme than the one of Soviet Union.
Its the Capitalism which has failed, because despite being an economically far superior system, Communism is politically far superior system.
A capitalist coming to election can say whatever he wants. He will be completely defeated by all the free stuff Communist will promise, and masses with their low IQ prefer to be poorer just so that rich are less richer, they prefer to get some "free stuff" and be poorer just to get the feeling that they are cared for.
Anyone with few working braincells can see that the situation only keeps getting worse, and will get even worse because government has incentive to meddle into everything.
Really, all propaganda was put in place to turn people into idiots who think Communism is only when government owns means of production.
Also, lots of propaganda was put in place to label rich people as some greedy men who enjoy in their private planes while small person suffers.
But what these masses dont see is that now government enjoys personal prosperity and controls private lives while small person suffers even more.
Masses dont know what Communism is, which is great news for Communist parties everywhere, who now only need to rename themselves and then they can implement all the Communist policies all over again like they did in USSR.
People dont realize that they are falling for same nonsense under different name.
Government is supposed to just have military and system to protect property and people.
It is not supposed to manage people's lives. It is not supposed to regulate economy.
It is not supposed to have 34 trillion of debt so it can pay for "free stuff" government "gives" to people.
If free stuff is indeed free for you, then ask yourself why does government have to pay for it using your money?
Its because with increase in prices it just happens to be paid by you indirectly.