Since the sovjet union was not fully communist, there hasn’t been a successful communist revolution.
That’s a nonsensical argument. You don’t flip a switch and transition from a capitalist model to a communist one. The revolution puts the working class in charge of society, and then it’s a process of figuring out how to build a communist system. The transitional period is called socialism. Again, I encourage you to read this explanation versobooks.com/…/3228-lenin-s-three-theoretical-a…
Why are you convinced that there is no way to establish cooperatives.
I’m simply pointing out to you, that this has been tried in many different ways for over a century with little to show for it. Since you’re the one claiming this is a viable approach despite over a century of failure, it’s on you to demonstrate why people should continue trying this when it’s not working.
Right, it’s not easy but it’s easier than a communist revolution.
Lots of successful communist revolutions happened, no successful examples of what you’re proposing exist.
Unless you believe that capitalism breaks down on its own because it is not suited for tough times.
Capitalism breaking down is a big aspect of what leads to revolutions. And the tough times are directly caused by late stage capitalism as we’re seeing happening today in the west. If the ruling capitalist class was capable of changing course then revolutions wouldn’t happen.
Instead of reading literature, socialists could develop and show their political competence by running cooperatives.
People who don’t understand the value of learning from prior experiences can be safely dismissed because they will never accomplish anything.