The working class has not yet carried out a revolution in response to the last half-century’s cruel neoliberal policies because the working class has lacked the means that would be needed for it to fight back. This disarming of the proletariat was carried out through the suppression of American communism, where an environment of intimidation got cultivated and the communist movement became demobilized. For us to rebuild the movement, and have it overcome the present campaign of repression, we’ll need to not just win over the people, but all the while operate with the knowledge of a certain fact about our conditions. This fact is that as soon as we gain enough power, the class conflict will escalate, to the point where the state is waging anti-communist war to a greater degree than it ever has. And that to overthrow the capitalist state, we’ll need to have cadres ready which have been made into effective armies. Not “armies” in an exclusive sense, rather entities with numerous functions that are capable of taking on such a role should the circumstances mandate they do.
Much love and respect, Comrade.