In Latvia they would say Idyem v peryed k komunismy (Forward to Communism!) Meanwhile they held their thumb between their pointer and middle finger, and their hand clutched in a fist (to mean an adament no), a snickering, opposition of the idea. In Latvia they considered what they had socialism. Everywhere they were promising that after five years, or some foreseeable date, they could do away with money and they would have real communism.