Beautiful we've come full circle to exactly what the point is.

Government doctrine vs cultural norms. It doesn't matter what the government says, it matters what the culture does. Half of what the USSR and communists claimed to stand for, they did not which is evident in their actions - anti-colonialism/engages in colonialism, pro women's rights/women still lack representation and feminism repressed, pro worker's rights/equal exploitation for all.

So maybe it doesn't matter what the government says, maybe we have to analyze the culture and where it ended up today to see the changes and the impact of that change.