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1) Nearly half of the citizenry that are eligible to vote are apolitical/apathetic. There is no way that commies can mobilize enough supporters for an electoral revolution.
2) Believe it or not, religion still seems to have value to varying extents, for a significant number of Americans -- be they Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or whatever. Until you can convince them that your communist revolution plans will not seek to discourage religious freedom, you ain't getting anywhere with these people. Even those who are not actively religious, such as myself, still have latent religious values even if we have not openly expressed those latent religious values.
3) Most of the working class, along with the middle class, like the idea of earning what they own -- even if this means that their hard work has resulted in a higher level of material comfort for themselves in contrast to others in their society. They also place market value on what skills individuals have -- no one likes the idea of being paid the same as someone much lower down the economic ladder, yet working much harder than that person.
4) Moderate liberals, such as myself, continue to believe that we can reform -- not revolutionize -- our nation/society in ways that can improve the quality of life for a greater number of our citizens.
5) The mass media dominates our society's channels of information and political discourse for good or ill. Commies will have to find some niche in channeling information to the people, and because you won't be able to do this through the main news media with supportive slant, you will have to rely on the Internet for the most part.
I'm sure there's a couple of other reasons why a communist revolution in the United States is nothing but a pipe dream, but these are the ones I can think of.
2) Believe it or not, religion still seems to have value to varying extents, for a significant number of Americans -- be they Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or whatever. Until you can convince them that your communist revolution plans will not seek to discourage religious freedom, you ain't getting anywhere with these people. Even those who are not actively religious, such as myself, still have latent religious values even if we have not openly expressed those latent religious values.
3) Most of the working class, along with the middle class, like the idea of earning what they own -- even if this means that their hard work has resulted in a higher level of material comfort for themselves in contrast to others in their society. They also place market value on what skills individuals have -- no one likes the idea of being paid the same as someone much lower down the economic ladder, yet working much harder than that person.
4) Moderate liberals, such as myself, continue to believe that we can reform -- not revolutionize -- our nation/society in ways that can improve the quality of life for a greater number of our citizens.
5) The mass media dominates our society's channels of information and political discourse for good or ill. Commies will have to find some niche in channeling information to the people, and because you won't be able to do this through the main news media with supportive slant, you will have to rely on the Internet for the most part.
I'm sure there's a couple of other reasons why a communist revolution in the United States is nothing but a pipe dream, but these are the ones I can think of.
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As more and more people lose hope, more and more will begin the pondering the advantages of throat slitting. 
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