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Communism isn't bad, it just crumples as soon you put anything but saints in charge of it.
I'm not entirely sure anything works better in a long-term scenario though :)
This is literally the opposite of true, it's true of highly heirarchical systems, not true of communism.
Socialist systems actually seek to decentralize power, meaning you need to be less reliant on people being saints... not more.
I don't see why you believe that at all.
AES leaders have never been "saints," no human has been, but the Socialist systems nevertheless have resulted in robust systems with dramatic improvements in the lives of their people. The PRC is an example, I wouldn't call Xi a perfect saint but the Socialist system itself works well.