For me, communism looks like a lousy deal. Subjects under communism are fortunate to escape with their lives, while none escape with individual freedom --- the exception being the political elites
Not that I disagree with your post, in general, but I think you are wrong here. Everybody is Stalin's slave, and vulnerable. Stalin has to look over his shoulder every minute, every second, 24/7.
That is not freedom, IMHO.