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You can still be dedicated communist while believing that communism will win in far, distant future. It is hard, but not impossible.
The canonical example is classic of Soviet science fiction, Andromeda by Ivan Yefremov.
Context: Soviet science fiction during Stalin's time was bound by "close limit" rule.
No daydreaming, no wild space fantasies churned by capitalist hacks as opiate for the working class, just describe scientific and technological breakthroughs that are coming in the near future.
Usual plot was: In 1946, heroic Soviet polar explorer gets lost and freezes solid in the arctic ice. Later, in communist future, he is discovered, thawed and revived into full health, and his old friends (in their young and vigorous 120's) get him into flying car and show him the wonderful communist world of 2026.
Andromeda is not like this.
It is utopian communist future, that happens to be far future. Geologic scale future, when all that is left from our civilization is black radioactive layer in the strata (and some mysterious artifacts).
It is clear why such work was problematic, even during the post-Stalin thaw when big K himself promised victory of communism in 1980.
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