Communism is anarchist and requires the conditions . 1 . Is it stateless ? 2 . Is it moneyless ? 3 . Is it classless ? 4 . Are private properties abandonded ? Although that may be true that Russia and China don ' t meet those requirements they are the closets examples of real world communism . Therefor its makes much more sense to show them as examples of communism than any ideological rhetoric that has no evidence of ever actually working in the real world . Big corporations extract resources from third world countries , that ' s not exploitation ? Third world workers are often used to manufacture products for their low labor costs ? Not exploitation ? But you can ' t call Capitalism Imperialism because Imperialism is based off Mercantilism . Although they may be exploited weren ' t workers in Russia and China also exploited for their labor . Working in factories in horrible conditions .