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They really really don't like the fact that a real communist state has never existed. They don't like that they have to understand what communism (or any unfamiliar concept to them) actually is, and they can't just point at a failure of a state and use it to paint the entire concept with that failure brush. There is a fundamental flaw with the prescribed process of transitioning to a communist state that makes creating an authoritarian dictatorship that prevents the final transition almost an inevitably. That flaw is real and has been demonstrated many times. But that doesn't mean that the basic concept of a communist state is bad, just that the process that's been attempted is. I'm not even in favor of communism, myself, but I do find it annoying when my father-in-law uses it like a slur when he doesnt even know what it really means, and reduces it down to stealing from the rich like this guy. Communism is actually a lovely idea on paper, and a true communist state, should one ever arise, would likely be a nice place to live. But I don't know for sure because a real communist state has never been formed.
So, Vietnam isn't communist?
Is it a stateless, classless society where the workers own the means of production?