Ok I will put my and up. Though I tend to lean more anarchist than communist I can see how the two can fit together. Here is the rub though. How I define communist or anarchist is through study and thought and intelligent discussion on both pros and cons. But on this site and with most americans the discussion is always layered in fear and ignorance of both. As an example I have often asked of those who claim there are communist countries to point out just how do those countries follow communist doctrine. the answer is always silence. because they do not know enough about communism to answer and because they have only been taught to fear it. and fear always creates hatred. The incorrect and absurd belief of what communism is that many here have been taught to believe has nothing to do with how communism really works in the modern world.
Firstly, lets make one thing very clear. Marx was a philosopher not a preacher. Communism is a philosophy not a religion. Meaning that what marx said was only a building block about communism to create a better understanding of how it works according to how society changes both socially and economically. Rather than as would many americans here have it that because marx said something then that must be the way it has to be done.
Now for how does communism works in the modern world. It really is not about governance of a country because the social evolution to make that possible has yet to occur. It is about grass root level business and who has ownership of production. In todays world the ideology of communism exists in cooperative businesses where the workers are the owners of the means of production and receivers of any profit generated.
You say you do not know of any communists but you just might. Here is a link that lists businesses that can be said to fall under communist ideology.
https://www.nceo.org/research/employee-ownership-100-largest-employee-owned-companies
