I'm impressed...
... I rather expected you to come back with something gutteral.
I have no problem with communism, indeed, if it "could" work it would be THE system of governance.
But, it doesn't work, won't work, and never has there been a recorded occassion when it has worked. It won't work [as noted on these boards before] because of the very nature of mankind. You aren't attempting to change the manner in which mankind is governed, you're trying to condition the human will. And it cannot and will not be done.
People don't want revolution, they want security in their work place, security in their homes, security for those that they love.
If you militants will call this complacence, fine. Fact is, YOU are that 1% of the population. It is you who the social masses fear, not the rich. Not the ruling class. It is the people who in the name of ideology or religion make war upon social order and security who are the minority. There is even a word for what you propose.
Terrorism.
And since you brought it up, let's take the American Revolution, for example.
I'd like to point out that it's the ONLY one of it's kind. No other revolution in recorded history has lasted two centuries. We stand now poised as the world's sole superpower.
And behind the walls we have built to protect our freedoms, nowhere in the world is your "classless sytem" closer to being realized. The average per capita income of a US household is many times that of most households in nations across the world. Socialist programs like welfare, government health care and other state sponsored programs are here, and here to stay. In America, if you need help, you can get it.
But... I am finished with this debate. You're entitled to your opinion, irregardless of what I might think of it.
"Is equality that "oft too leftist" ranting of mine you hate so much?"
And, on these boards, I am not opposed to your ideology. I am opposed to your attitude. This has nothing to do with marxism.
RF