Only a few countries remain communist. From 1989 to 2012, the percentage of countries that were electoral democracies rose from 41 to 61 (Mueller). Statistically, communism is failing, and that's because our world increasingly understands communism and the fact that it won't work with our society. In a perfect world, communism would be the best choice to ensure people are treated fairly and equally, but our world is not perfect. The United States can never become communist because no one wants to be treated equally, everyone wants to be treated better and have more money than everyone else. And that's what we really