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if you really did, then you didn't understand it.

Well, you are labelling a prime example of what Marx calls “bourgeois socialism” as Communism 2.0, so you clearly don't understand Communism. Which you'd really understand better by reading a slim volume on the topic like the Communist Manifesto, and not thick volumes centered on critique of capitalism like Das Kapital, which is more about the problem (on which Communists generally agree with other crítics of capitalism) and not narrowly focussed on the solution (on which they differ.)

The manifesto is one of the worst books I've ever read.

You're probably not the target audience, to be honest.

What was your take?

I actually liked his critiques at the time and I think capitalism should be constantly kept in check through government. (such that they balance each other out)

My unsubstantiated opinion would be that Marx probably would of changed his mind at some point about making it some sort of collectivist movement.

Not if you don’t understand it.