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It never got anywhere near communism. You just had a bunch of ideologues who imposed their idea of a "perfect society" on others without any real idea of how to actually accomplish that. Then a bunch of opportunistic prats came in, convinced others "Oh hey, we'll give you communism, you betcha" while imposing their own fascist ideals on it.
Authoritarianism is literally the opposite of communism. Just because some assholes called themselves communism and told you "this is communism" doesn't mean it was in any way true.
No, it got as far as was intended: the “transitional” phase. Communism is all about Phase 2: the “transitional” single-party government everyone must accept while said authoritarian regime works on bringing about the perfect, government-less society promised by Communism, capital-C. Except there is no such society, because it’s a myth meant to keep the masses down, just like the religious opiate Lenin railed against. No, Phase 2 is the end game of communism, which is why no major society that’s adopted communist ideals has ever gotten past it.
Authoritarianism is the very heart of communism, you’re just still drunk on the Kool Aid.