Yes. And lost. Cambodia, Lao, Vietnam... all countries that wanted freedom from thier French colonizers. They became "communist" because China was the only country that would help them when America sided with the French. And to fight the evil " communist" we (America) killed millions of these countriescitizens and thousands of American soldiers died unnecessaryily in unnecessary wars. Fast forward... those countries are still communist, which just means single party rule, and are quite successful. Like a previous poster has explained, there is a major difference between Communism and Democrat socialism. Yet, Republicans hope that by bringing back the "Communism " dog whistle they can convince the idiots that don’t know the difference between communism, socialism and democratic socialism that they are under threat and continue to keep the rich taking it in at the cost of the common people. Obviously, we know what camp you fall into. And Bill Maher has never been a liberal. He has always been in it for himself and as a rich man, he loves the tax cuts that Republicans gave millionaires and billionaires.