Political Memes

the USSR was run by a few high ranking families

You literally cannot point to "high ranking families" in the USSR because there was not such a thing. Tell me, what did Stalin's son rule over? Khruschchev's? Maybe Brezhnev's? Nothing. You're just making shit up as you speak because gommunism bad. Meanwhile, the US has literally family clans in politics (Clintons, Bush, Kennedys). Every accusation is a confession.

one brutal dictator

Stalin was brutal... if your source is US State Department propaganda / Wikipedia (same thing). If you're genuinely interested in learning about the red scare lies you've absorbed as a westerner (there's a reason why Stalin isn't demonized in places like South America or most of Asia), I recommend you to check out the ongoing podcast episodes of Proles Pod called The Stalin Eras, or Dominico Losurdo's book "Stalin; The History and Critique of a Black Legend". If you're willing to have an honest and open discussion on the topic, feel free to bring up any questions or points that you want to make