“Socialism is the incremental takeover of society by its rulers
Communism is socialism at gunpoint. Communists are socialists in a hurry”-— unknown
To answer the question of the heading: F%#k NO
Communists are Socialists that figured out that some people won’t “cooperate”.
You reminded me of what a writer named Robert Ringer wrote in a precient book some decades ago titled "How To Find Happiness During the Fall of Western Civilization." He said.......
"A liberal is a closet Socialist, and a Socialist is a closet Communist."