alt Hacker NewsIf you’re open to a wider discussion.
Norway's and Alaska’s use of oil wealth to subsidize their population via state ownership of that wealth is very communist in nature.
Ancient Rome’s huge grain dole similarly was quite communist in nature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_annonae
America’s freeing its slave population is similarly redistribution of the means of production to the general population. Which seems strange to modern ears, but the communist manifesto 1848 predates the US civil war 1861–1865.
I'm not going to disagree with the idea of the state redistributing wealth via taxes/benefits or even nationalized resources (e.g., mineral rights or FCC spectrum). Both have been features of US capitalism almost since the founding.
But if you're saying the US is a successful communist country... well, I promised I wouldn't argue.