It was a good idea in 1848. It was a viable idea, then. And before unions, Social Democracy, more Democratic nations, and regulations which noted and dealt with the problems Marx and Engels whine about.
That no real industrialized nation took it on - Russia the closest - speaks volumnes. Real, violent revolutions are messy. They're uncertain. And they've more often than not done jack shit. And they're started, carried, and brought into the world NOT by the lower classes, who riot and run around until the situation becomes stable again, but by the middle class, which has the most to gain and has the skillset, time, and organization to carry out a revolution.
As for the USSR, Lenin was already cold and ironfisted to other Socialist and Communist parties. But as soon as Stalin came into the picture, the end was born. "Socialism in one country" defeats the purpose of Socialism and Communism. Trotsky knew that the revolution had to continue, that there could be one and only one system. And Stalin didn't care - Stalin got his throne. Trotsky dies, Stalin rules, and another Authoritarian state with fancy trappings took the stage. There are days that I wonder if Operation Unthinkable or the Allied Expedition should had been carried through, just to save the world misery.
Anyway, yes, Stalin takes over, makes the USSR his plaything, goes his way, abandons Mao by the time he dies, alienates Tito, divides the world, yadda yadda. After his death, Communism is all but dead, Mao messes it up even more but he tried only to be overruled by State Capitalism and Dengism. Other forms around the world are also psuedo-nationalist (a oxymoron regarding Communism) and are more anti-imperialist in nature and no real damn is given to the workers and class system as in the end a big man arises, gathers all resources and power, and rules; then he dies and the state transforms to State Capitalist (PRC, Vietnam, Cuba) or unregulated messes (Belarus, 90s Russia, the -Stans, etc). Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania got around this, somehow, and good for them; and other states put 'Socialist' in their name but never really went beyond somewhat regulated Capitalism/Social Democracy (Ghana, Chile, Portugal, Sri Lanka, etc)
Capitalism, at its worse, produces nearly the same result as Communism does in practice; but also, in practice, Capitalism produces a better result, a sweet spot, Social Democracy; which was already taking off and ruling by the mid 1900s. Communism died as soon as the workers got a voice, even if it's a small voice, it's a voice; and in practice Communism became a tool for old men to rule over the workers anyway. It's better off dead along with Free Market Capitalism, Fascism, and Feudalistic Monarchies.
As for you, OP, much of what you list (Can't guarantee a 'Holiday home', which I really doubt was available to all 200,000,000 in the USSR and just for the party members) is done in Social Democracy, with the side bonus of actually living in a state worth living in. The UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Switzerland and Iceland are far up your own alley, wouldn't you say?
