Also , hard to compare how many were saved . If capitalism is the reason for a cure for some disease , or for the surplus of food , etc . it may have saved a lot of people as well , so that ' s something to consider . I say this as like a literal commie btw , not a regular commie though , just utilitarian and I think it will be a better system in the futureas per my edit . Also I agree real communism has never been tried , but even if it had been tried , it would have little relevance to how it would function in a modern society given the previously mentioned factors many more . Anarchocommunism used to be one of my preferred systems . Now I ' d much prefer capitalism socialism authoritarian utilitarian AI dictatorship though lmao