If you nationalize then you get rid of competition,
Why now ?
Marxists also thought the industrial revolution (machines providing labour) + communism would free us to pursue other interests like arts and other leisure activities. This utopia didn't happen
Yeah, on the level of providing leisure time and goods it did better than what was there before.
If you don't learn from history you're doomed to repeat it.
It's time to revisit it. Capitalism is subject to history too.