The developers did say they went a bit far in making Communism hopeless and riddles with corrupt union leaders and such to counter the fact they’re openly communist/anarchist. They’re also from the old eastern bloc, so they are putting their own feeling about the failure of Communism into it.

That said, of all the ideologies Communism is the only one portrayed even slightly humanly.

Moralism is utterly bankrupt and detached from any sort of meaningful action. People who believe in it are the worst people, because they believe in nothing at all, or in power and control for its own sake.

Fascism is obviously pathetic and even the guys who are on the surface kind of badass like Measurehead are just a giant mess of ridiculous self justifying contradiction

Ultraliberalism is orthoganal to any sort of actual human emotion, so you either turn into the light bending man, or you compartmentalise like Joyce and cheerfully admit you’re a complete monster literally destroying the world, but hey, you like Disco and your boat is tasteful and you’re a blast at dinner parties, so it’s all good right?

Communism has failed, it’s been stomped into the ground by all the others, and it is flawed and struggling and Harry isn’t Lenin no matter how many memes he says. But it’s the only ideology with any hope.

The vision quest shows that. Sure the tower collapses, but for just a moment it works, and even Kim believes. Then the mentions of the RCM actually being the remnants of the communist ICM, and if your Esprit de Corps is high they’re plotting something. The talk of The Return. The idea that Communist thought might actually be able to combat the Fade.

And finally, the very end. “Do it, for the working class.”

I found it immensely hopeful. Because it’s all about working past failure and hoplessness, and finding a new path.