Communism is an ideology that calls for public ownership of major resources and the means of production, so that the state, rather than private individuals or corporations, owns factories, farms, mines, etc. In theory, although seldom in practice, the state then redistributes wealth according to need. Communism has never been popular in the USA, and the only politician calling for state takeover of private industries is Trump, under whom the govt has taken stakes in at least 9 companies in steel, minerals, nuclear energy, and semiconductors, costing at least $10 billion in taxpayer $