Communism is most popular in nations which tried it once. Nations that aren't Communist anymore have elections in which Communist and Socialist parties consistently get a majority of votes. Ukraine's Communist party got 40% of the vote in 1999. The German Communist Party is most popular in former East Germany.

Even then, nations such as Poland, the Baltic states, and Central Europe have welfare systems which are just as generous as under Communism.

Communism is most popular in nations which tried it once. Nations that aren't Communist anymore have elections in which Communist and Socialist parties consistently get a majority of votes. Ukraine's Communist party got 40% of the vote in 1999.