Was the Communist Manifesto just like the Democratic Party platform for 2017?

Was the Last Emperor of China a vision of what will happen to Donald Trump's children if the Democrats take over? Were the grinning Viet Cong who made Robert Dinero play Russian roulette based entirely on Robbie Mook and Debbie Wasserman Schultz?

Or are those kind of comparisons just a lazy way to avoid debating real issues?