Communism is a type of socialism, they’re both collectivist systems, they share an intertwined history, and socialism is just a stepping stone to communism from capitalism in Marxist theory.

I’m not really sure what the point of the distinction you’re drawing is. They’re both horrible systems. Do you have a point?

The reason people cant place political ideas on a “left right” spectrum is because it’s an oversimplified model. A quadrant with social policies libertarian and authoritarian on one set of axis, and economic left and right on another is a more accurate model - but still a simplification. Political parties comprise a range of these ideas, and people associate all of the ideas of each party with one side of that left right spectrum - depending on where they are on Earth, and in what time in the last two centuries.

My ancestors lived in both East and West Germany, they only risked their life moving in one direction over the wall, West, away from the “workers utopia”.

You think you’re going to get some egalitarian Frankfurt school utopia? No. You’re going to get a new set of elites, those in the state’s power structure, which has now controls everything and has absolute power, the only thing left is for the infighting to begin for allegiance from the senior military and police.

Perhaps AI will be the benevolent dictator needed for socialism or communism to work.