Exactly. Socialism/Communism both involve using force to transfer wealth from the rich to the poor.
The Communists correctly evaluated that simply transferring wealth from rich to poor would only result in the rich getting the money back over time. And thus, the only way to avoid that was to simply kill off the rich. Socialism/Communism would never work without the use of terror to achieve it's means, no matter how idealistic they may have been in the beginning.
"Socialism/Communism would never work without the use of terror to achieve it's means"
Sure. Like Islam, it's so repulsive you have to force it on people.
The Memorial will feature a 10-foot-high bronze replica of the Goddess of Democracy statue erected by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989 and then destroyed by Chinese Communist tanks. The statue was based on our own Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
On the front pedestal of the Memorial statue will be the words: “To the more than one hundred million victims of Communism and to those who love liberty.”
On the back pedestal will be the words: “To the freedom and independence of all captive nations and peoples.”
These words will serve to remind visitors that one-fifth of the world’s population still lives, and not by their choice, under Communism.