Correct me if I am incorrect but from my understanding, communism is an ideology that everyone in society owns an equal capital and receive equal economic rewards. Additionally, the government owns its' citizens' houses/land and other capital (e.g. cars).
China, North Korea and Russia I believe are all communist countries. Yet, I try to understand how are they classified as 'communist'? Certainly, in those countries, there are rich and poor people. The ideology that everyone is financially equal is ruled out. More to my point, I doubt the government of those nations own everone's houses, land and certainly not cars. So how are they classified as communist nations?
China, North Korea and Russia I believe are all communist countries. Yet, I try to understand how are they classified as 'communist'? Certainly, in those countries, there are rich and poor people. The ideology that everyone is financially equal is ruled out. More to my point, I doubt the government of those nations own everone's houses, land and certainly not cars. So how are they classified as communist nations?