>>99846The problem isn't criticism, the problem is engaging fully with anti-communist narratives. Left anti-communist "criticism" isn't something constructive or scientific, it's bowing to CIA narratives about socialist states in order to impress liberals and it's throwing up unreasonable criticism to, once again, impress liberals.
Yet, no one is actually convinced by this "not real socialism" nonsense. At best you might get something similar to the situation in the 19th century where socialism became a fad among intellectuals, artists and bohemians, a fad which dissipates the moment things get a bit dicey and maybe socialism isn't an instant utopia.