

Yes, but I think at every time a communist revolution has any chance of happening, a fascist takeover is also on the table. The reason is twofold, the capitalist class will want to remain in power so it will look after fascist groups to coup the government and reducing democratic rights (like happened in operation condor in South America); capitalism will very likely to be in crisis, so fascist groups will try to win over the dispossessed proletarians and unhappy petit bourgeois to shift them ideologically to the far right.
The last is what is likely happening right now in the whole global north. Since our communist parties are disorganized, the anger sentiment of the population is being captured by the far right.
He exposes some progressive views but he is still a liberal. He was one of the economists that advised Yeltsin’s Russia regarding shock therapy. So he has this gigantic skeleton in his closet.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1097135961/the-day-russia-adopted-the-free-market
I still listen to him, because I like having a broader view on things, but I would never consider him a comrade.