Every state that has implemented marxist ideals has had their economy made up almost entirely of the state, that level of state oversight over the economy is just an extreme version of our current model of highly bureaucratic, bloated states where the owners/controllers over the means of production are syncronized with the state and its interests.

It was an ideology that at its height ruled a third of the world including some of the most populous and resource rich territories on earth yet still fell within decades.

The increased income inequality within much of the developed world has happened at the same time as ever increasing state influence over the economy.

My understanding of Marx was that he mostly just wrote books describing how capitalism works. Then guys like Lenin came afterwards and killed lots of people. What are Marxist ideals?