Being left is not being communist

Socialism and leftist ideology must not be considered same as communism as we saw sometimes in Russia and China of last century, which might have been ill implemented ground application of a noble thought. 

Most evilly indoctrinated people (idiots) confuse ‘socialism’ with ‘communism’ or deliberately try to mislead available equally biased idiots among commoners. Every democratic govt anywhere in the world strives to be 'social' welfare state. This is what a state primarily exists for, though some confuse that objective of existence of state with military prowess and controls over people. These also could be some of the means to achieve a welfare state though a wrong way.

Free healthcare, free education, free commuting, free power or free internet are target aims of every govt for their citizens, be it Germany, US, Norway, France, England, Emirates, Vietnam or Korea or any African nation or even India. It is the quality of delivery which would measure the efficiency of such a task not the profit it generates for state.

Despite many alleged aberrations it is for the leftist ideology, Marx, Lenin and Mao that humanity is spared of atrocities of royals, rich feudal lords and oligarchs and fascists and present day neo-fascists who for three thousand years since rise of bullies who became kings, landlords and rulers and their vassals had been rampantly trampling over commoners, poor, women and underprivileged. The emergence of left ideology in late 19th century led to founding of true democracies based on principles of equality and justice for all in most parts of the world and continues to do so as those principles never die. Left ideology would remain till democracy is there, forcing even more aspired and glamourised capitalism to become humane.