So, anyway...

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If communism was so good, why didn't they win the Cold War 🤐🤐

/s lol

Because most people just want to live, and not rule. Those that want to rule are not good people. And the authoritarian hierarchy we live under will always have the money, will, and means to hinder any progress made by the majority of the population that just wants to live.

The Peter Principle means they're incompetent, not bad guys. You're thinking of Plato's "philosopher kings".