Yes most “communist systems” have not been very communist. They are almost entirely conservative, even if they have a few token progressive issues, and tend to be authoritarian instead of democratic and anarchistic. Also it’s hard to call a country communist if they don’t even have the freedom to speak and assemble without the states permission.

What usually happens is the people go communist, and the world powers implement an authoritarian regime that calls itself communist, but isn’t even remotely. Also socialism is better than communism.