Communism in Zulus?

While I was reading Percival Everett’s, Zulus, I had noticed that the government policies within this society resemble that of the Communist Soviet Union. Aside from the general oppression of the government on then people, the first thing that brought this to my attention were the cheese trucks. Back when my great grandparents still lived in Russia, they had to get food by waiting on line at these food depots. They were like stores, but you did not pay for food and you were only given what the government would allow and if you missed the pick up times, you were out of luck. The same principal existed for these cheese trucks where if you were only given what you were allowed and if you missed the truck you could not do anything about it. A second aspect that I thought resembled Communism was the lack of culture and by that I mean music, art, and fashion. In, Zulus, the only place with music was in an hidden from the government under a library and although this wasn’t the law, no one was allowed to wear colorful clothing. Although during the reign of the Soviet Union there was some forms of music, all of it was strictly regulated. Clothing was also fairly drab due to the prohibition of capitalism; the clothing was reduced to government regulated uniforms or whatever rags one might find. I would like to say that I am not sure whether any of these details were deliberately referencing Communism or oppression in general; however, based on the stories I’ve heard from both family and during school, this society feels like it is speaking in an interdisciplinary way, referencing Soviet policies.