Successful communist revolts usually (but not always) produce brutal, authoritarian police states.
I’d recommend focusing on that parenthetical. When are revolts actual improvements for a large segment of the populace? I suspect the answers you seek will be in recognizing what parts of the current equilibrium are unstable or unsustainable, and find ways to change those without losing the parts you like.
I personally don’t think that political and social-expectation stability is feasible for more than a few generations in a technological era. There will be revolution—some of it will be minor and bloodless, but occasionally brutal and all-encompassing. We’re overdue in the US.
I’d recommend focusing on that parenthetical. When are revolts actual improvements for a large segment of the populace? I suspect the answers you seek will be in recognizing what parts of the current equilibrium are unstable or unsustainable, and find ways to change those without losing the parts you like.
I personally don’t think that political and social-expectation stability is feasible for more than a few generations in a technological era. There will be revolution—some of it will be minor and bloodless, but occasionally brutal and all-encompassing. We’re overdue in the US.