[Arguendo]

The United States, for one. But as a whole, the Western world—the region that clearly adopted Enlightenment thinking—was the only one that unambiguously rejected communism, while Asia and Eastern Europe accepted it, South America went back and forth, and even Catholic Southern Europe produced strong communist movements.

[ArrogantBustard]

But as a whole, the Western world—the region that clearly adopted Enlightenment thinking—was the only one that unambiguously rejected communism

ROFL!!!!!!!

[Lukasz]

I look like you don't really follow international politics. After collapse of Soviet empire western Europe turned to be more communistic than former soviet satellites. But western establishment already had a recipe how to solve such competition. They spent a lot of cash for propaganda purpose to convince people in the east that the EU is a second heaven. They want to bring all eastern European states on the board.

While Russia and Asian countries were always ruled by a despot. From their perspective commies were not so special. They belong to different civilization and should not be compared with European countries.

Democracies always degenerate, so is the US, once Republic turned to be pathetic democracy. The problem is that unlike in monarchies were aristocracy degenerate and might be replace by new cadres, in democratic system whole society degenerate and there is nobody to replace them.