Right now, I think Nepal is the closest to turning to communism, it may already have done so, since the president is communist. Nepal has never had a very successful economy. I'd say same is true for many other countries that turned to communism; the economy was going extremely poorly. So I don't think your cause and effect really holds up, except for spoiled kids who dig Che Guevara, often creating a lot of issues while growing up. Of course some of these never grow up and become professors in gender studies.