The communes really started in France with the French Revolution where (despite many bad things happening) a horribly oppressed populace rose up against an excessive domineering government with no morals. They have been a legal entity in France since 1837 – about the time that the English in Texas were fighting at the Alamo.

Marx took the word and lots of the principals and created communism. The word comes from the Latin communis, “things held in common”.

A bit after this, on their 100th anniversary, the French gave the USA the Statue of Liberty, which is still there, symbolically and iconically.

..and apart from that, I never said he was a hypocrite. He’s always made his intentions perfectly clear. He just chooses to ignore problems and does what he intended to do anyway, regardless of the outcome. Anyone who disagrees with him or points out that his sole goal is the promotion and aggrandisement of himself and his cronies, is “threatening national security”.