40% is far from the overwhelming global majority that would have been needed to make it work according to theorists like Trotsky. But maybe read his work instead of acting incredulous with a random on Hacker News.

But certainly back to my original point, because I'm really not sure what you're seeing in it. I said we live in a world driven my capitalism, not by logic. I certainly didn't say anything about adopting communism as a solution, and I actually didn't suggest or imply anything about communism at all. You've wasted both our time on an imaginary argument.