I think the issue with the USSR is that you have a dramatically undemocratic system

Real wages have remained stagnant since the 70s whereas productivity has risen drastically.

who needs elections when you got a guy like stalin?

Soviet Democracy was based on Direct Democracy

he did in 5 years what took the US 60

you have workers being told how to work, what is made, and how it is distributed based on the commissar and not the people who receive or make the goods

exactly

no competition is not good

free market is great for innovation and for workers

I think you can have the state represent the will of the people and meet their needs

The USSR did in a few decades what took the US centuries and without the Atlantic Slave Trade to boot.

competition leads to: lower prices, higher quality, higher wages

this is proven

im not sure how you could argue against this

I feel the USSR just replaced capitalists and bosses with commissars and other bureaucrats

that, my friend, is why true communism is impossible to achieve

You should really peruse the now-declassified Soviet Archives and check out a few non-partisan books about the Soviet system.

i would support every bit of it it there weren't practical problems with it

the USSR did great things but I think they could have done it in a better way with more power in the hands of the workers and common people and less political repression

That should clear up many misconceptions.

also the idea of an one party system is in my mind rather undemocratic

democracy and communism cant mix my friend

you have to choose one

I think you can

false

they are incompatible

learn more about communism and you'll learn that

I am not sure about communism but you can have socialism and democracy

you can't have socialism either

learn more about socialism for that one

what you can have is the false socialism called "democratic socialism"

Communism is simply the stage of socioeconomic development that follows after socialism.

which is not real socialism, just social democracy

Socialism is inherently democratic.

if you can briefly break down why the ideas are incompatible?

well technically yes it is in the early stages

it is the transition period

Correct

well the ideas are incompatible because communism advocates for a one-party state

essentially that is the quick answer

I am not sure if I am down with marx and his idea of a one party state and no markets and a total command economy