Ping
Communism has been tried and convicted. Only whackos would want to pardon it. I recall the ‘60s where oh so many nhippies decided to live in the utopia of communes. A few years later, they did not exist because they discovered first-hand that when folks can sit on their ass and let others provide for them, the workers get dissillusioned and soon refuse to work harder to support the leeches. The Soviet Union changed their mode to a more Capitalist form for the same reason - farmers decided they didn’t need to bust their asses and not reap any extra benefits/profits than those they fed - it fell apart from inside. The Gipper knew that when he made the “Tear down this wall” speech.
Communists in America are cowardly and of weak character. They crave attention and relish the opulent life they can lead here.
If the day were to come that they were suddenly irrelevant, not covered by the press, treated as outcasts and no way to make a living...would any of them move to a Communist country to live under Communist rule?
The answer would not only no, but hell no.
If they moved to a Communist ‘paradise’, they would wouldn’t be ‘special’ anymore, they wouldn’t be idolized by faithful followers, they wouldn’t be funded for their activities and the state controlled press would treat them for what they are...just another Communist among a society full of Communists.