[tsimionescu]

Which countries have tried to distribute wealth? Most countries that people usually claim that about have actually done the opposite - they were trying to put the jack boot to a few million people's necks, and found that claims about redistribution of wealth can win you enough followers to actually do that. This is certainly true of Lenin and Stalin and Mao.

[refurb]

I'm not arguing they did a great job, but Russia, China, Vietnam certainly tried - land reform is a good example.

Of course, the most "loyal" communists got the best land...