People are so afraid of the word still. A balance of implementing sensible ideas from the political spectrum is the way.
If you lean too hard towards one ideology you almost always get a murderous autocracy.
China has not been a communist state for a long time. It's a hyper capitalist state with socialist values, while still under a dictatorship.
I also don't know why we tip in Canada, they have the minimum wage paid. It's still not a "living wage", but the retail worker has the same wage.