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> I haven't studied much about political/economic ideologies and at this point don't even know where to start.

"The Road to Serfdom" by FA Hayek[0] is a good start. There's also a Wikipedia page outlining the general criticisms of communism[1]. You can also simply look into the recent history of communist countries.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Serfdom [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Marxism