Reply #7: Keep dreaming...

[Imajika]

"At that point, the conditions for Communism might be there."

Where upon it will fail yet again.

"It has never actually been tried."

It's been tried countless times in countless places and the result is abysmal failure always. It's still being tried and continues to predictably fail. Cuba = Fail. Laos = Fail. North Korea = Epic Fail.

This ideology will never, ever work. It tries to utterly defy human nature instead of harness it, requires more and more coercion over time to keep the system in place, and is simply unworkable and every bite at the utopian apple results in mass death, starvation and general failure.

Mixed economies work best. They are not perfect at all, but they are our best option at this time. Communism is not an option at all, and no, the conditions are not ripe for another stab at it.