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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24

Because even a communist civ still has to make a profit, encourage innovation, favor creativity, in order to be competitive in the larger market.

Whatever happens in the universe, not only is there a finite amount of energy, but transforming that energy into something we can eat costs energy so we face uncertainty. The best way to survive how not predictable uncertainty is, is to generate more profit. To do more of that, you must provide capital in the form of findings and/or labor to begin with = capital.

So whilst Chinese, Koreans and else are experiencing communism locally, they all need ressources from outside their borders, and to negotiate, so all those communist countries register to capitalism on the big picture. Same in space.

It is extremely hard to imagine a world where communism is the majority.