The biggest problem with finding a real-life example of communism is that communism in practice has only existed under authoritarian government (Investopedia 1). Two great examples of communistic and capitalistic countries are China and the United States. China is the one of two communist countries that are not under totalitarian rule as of the publishing of this paper, and its economy is very large. This makes it a good country to compare with the United States, which also has a large economy. In America, companies spend their money to produce goods, which they sell and put the money back into the business, gaining profit from the money not spent on maintenance and production. The higher-up employees can make massive amounts of money a
